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STATE  OF  KANSAS 


DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION 


Laws 
Relating  to  Education 


SESSION  OF  1919 


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STATE  OF  KANSAS 


DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION 


Laws  Relating  to  Education 

Session  of  1919 


KANSAS    STATE    PRINTING    PLANT 

IMRI   ZUMWALT,  STATE   PRINTER 

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LAWS   RELATING   TO   EDUCATION 


CHAPTER  50. 

STATE   SCHOOL  BOOK  COMMISSION  FOR  THE  FISCAL  YEARS 
ENDING  JUNE  30,  1919,  1920  AND  1921. 

House  bill  No.   446. 

AN  ACT  making  appropriation  to  the  State  School  Book  Commission  for 
a  revolving  fund  available  for  the  purchase  of  printers'  and  binders' 
stock  for  the  manufacture  of  school  books,  for  the  payment  of  labor 
in  the  manufacture  of  school  books,  for  the  payment  of  copyrights, 
royalties,  the  payment  of  authors,  compilers,  critics,  artists,  editors  and 
stenographers,  for  the  payment  of  the  salary  of  the  secretary  and  the 
expenses  of  his  office,  and  the  per  diem  and  expenses  of  members  of 
the  State  School  Book  Commission,  under  the  provisions  of  chapter 
105,  General  Statutes  of  1915,  for  the  fiscal  years  ending  June  30, 
1919,  June  30,  1920,  June  30,  1921,  and  appropriation  for  a  building 
fund  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  an  addition  to  the  present  state  print- 
ing plant  on  grounds  already  belonging  to  the  state. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money 
in  the  state  treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  the  State 
School  Book  Commission  for  a  revolving  fund  for  the  making 
of  school  books,  for  the  purchase  of  copyrights,  the  payment  of 
royalties,  payment  of  authors,  compilers,  critics,  artists,  edi- 
tors, advisors,  stenographers,  and  for  the  salary  of  the  secre- 
tary, the  expenses  of  his  office,  and  the  payment  of  clerical  help 
in  the  secretary's  office,  for  the  per  diem  and  expenses  of  the 
members  of  the  State  School  Book  Commission,  pursuant  to 
chapter  105,  General  Statutes  of  1915,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30,  1919,  $50,000.00,  which  shall  be  credited  by  the  state 
treasurer  and  made  available  on  and  immediately  after  the  date 
on  which  this  act  shall  go  into  effect,  and  the  state  treasurer 
shall  notify  the  auditor  of  state  of  such  credit  and  the  auditor 
of  state  shall  make  proper  entries  on  his  records  showing  such 
transfer. 

SEC.  2.  There  is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in 
the  state  treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  the  State 
School  Book  Commission  for  a  building  fund  for  the  erection 
of  an  addition  to  the  state  printing  plant  on  grounds  belonging 
to  the  state,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1920,  $35,000.00, 
any  unexpended  balance  remaining  in  this  fund  at  the  close  of 
the  fiscal  year  of  1920  being  reappropriated  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30,  1921. 

SEC.  3.  That  any  unexpended  balance  remaining  in  the  re- 
volving fund,  as  provided  by  section  1  of  this  act  and  by  chap- 
ter .45  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  ending 
June  30,  1919,  and  any  unexpended  balances  remaining  in  the 
copyright  fund  and  the  fund  for  the  salary  of  the  secretary 
of  the  commission,  the  expenses  of  his  office,  and  the  payment 
cf  clerical  help  in  the  secretary's  office,  per  diem  and  expenses 

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of  the  members  of  the  commission,  and  for  incidental  expenses, 
as  provided  by  chapter  45  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1917,  at  the 
end  of  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1919,  are  hereby  reappro- 
priated  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1920,  and  any  unex- 
pended balance  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  1920  is  hereby  re- 
appropriated  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1921. 

SEC.  4.  That  all  money  received  by  the  secretary  of  the  State 
School  Book  Commission  for  the  sale  of  books  published  by  the 
state  shall  be  deposited  by  said  secretary  in  the  state  treasury, 
and  shall  be  credited  by  the  state  treasurer  to  the  revolving 
fund  of  the  State  School  Book  Commission:  Provided,  that 
whenever  the  amount  accumulated  in  the  revolving  fund  of  the 
School  Book  Commission,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  at  the 
end  of  any  fiscal  year  exceed  the  sum  of  $100,000.00,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  state  treasurer,  and  he  is  hereby  directed  and 
required  to  transfer  all  of  the  excess  of  said  revolving  fund 
over  and  above  said  sum  of  $100,000.00  to  the  general  revenue 
fund  of  the  state. 

SEC.  5.  The  auditor  of  state  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his 
warrants  on  the  treasurer  of  state  for  the  several  funds  and  for 
the  sums  and  for  the  purposes  above  mentioned,  upon  presenta- 
tion of  verified  vouchers,  approved  by  the  chairman  and  secre- 
tary of  the  State  School  Book  Commission. 

SEC.  6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  8,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  10,  1919. 


CHAPTER  51. 

EXTENSION  WORK  IN  AGRICULTURE  AND  HOME  ECONOMICS 
UNDER  SMITH-LEVER  ACT  TO  KANSAS  STATE  AGRICUL- 
TURAL COLLEGE  FOR  FISCAL  YEARS  ENDING  JUNE  30, 
1920  AND  1921. 

Senate  bill  No.   296. 

AN  ACT  making  appropriations  to  provide  funds  for  the  duplication  of 
federal  funds  for  extension  work  in  agriculture  and  home  economics. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  for  the  purpose  of  duplicating  federal  funds 
for  cooperative  extension  work  in  agriculture  and  home  eco- 
nomics in  Kansas  to  be  carried  on  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College,  under 
the  provisions  of  the  federal  Smith-Lever  act,  there  is  hereby 
appropriated  to  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  for  said 
purpose,  out  of  any  money  in  the  state  treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1920,  $63,- 


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073.65;  anil  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1921,  $75,- 
203.20. 

SEC.  2.  The  auditor  of  state  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw  his 
warrants  upon  the  treasurer  of  state  for  the  purpose  herein 
provided,  upon  duly  itemized  and  approved  vouchers  by  the 
State  Board  of  Administration,  or  by  such  officer  or  person  as 
they  may  authorize  to  approve  said  vouchers. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  3,  1919. 


CHAPTER  52. 

NORMAL  TRAINING  IN  HIGH  SCHOOLS  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF 
STATE  FUNDS  IN  AID  OF  SUCH  TRAINING  FOR  FISCAL 
YEARS  ENDING  JUNE  30,  1920  AND  1921. 

House  bill  No.   707. 

AN  ACT  to  provide  appropriations  for  normal  training  in  high  schools 
in  compliance  with  chapter  212  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1909  and  chap- 
ter 24  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1911,  and  to  provide  for  the  introduction 
of  industrial  training  in  certain  high  schools. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  for  normal  train- 
ing courses  in  high  schools,  seventy-five  thousand  dollars  ($75,- 
000)  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1920,  and  seventy-five 
thousand  dollars  ($75,000)  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1921, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  the  normal  training  act  of  1909,  being  chapter  212 
thereof,  also  provisions  of  the  normal  training  act  of  1911, 
being  chapter  24  thereof,  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
State  Board  of  Education  made  in  accordance  therewith :  Pro- 
vided, no  high  schools  situated  in  the  cities  having  state  normal 
schools  shall  receive  such  aid. 

SEC.  2.  There  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30,  1920,  sixty  thousand  dollars  ($60,000)  and  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1921,  sixty  thousand  dollars 
($60,000)  to  be  expended  as  follows,  and  to  be  distributed  in  the 
same  manner  as  is  provided  for  the  distribution  of  the  state 
aid  for  normal  training  courses.  Any  high  schools  that  now 
maintain  a  normal  training  course  under  the  provisions  of 
chapter  212  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1909,  and  the  24th  chapter 
of  the  Session  Laws  of  1911,  or  that  shall  put  into  operation 
such  normal  training  course,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  sum  of  five 
hundred  dollars  ($500)  per  annum:  Provided,  that  such 
schools  shall  also  maintain  courses  in  the  elements  of  agricul- 
ture and  domestic  science  under  such  provisions  and  regula- 


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tions  as  may  be  established  by  the  State  Board  of  Education : 
And  provided  further,  that  no  such  school  shall  be  eligible  to  the 
five  hundred  dollars  ($500)  annual  state  aid  or  any  part  thereof 
that  shall  not  have  at  least  ten  pupils  enrolled  in  such  industrial 
courses  each  semester :  Provided,  that  the  money  appropriated 
for  the  purposes  of  this  act  shall  not  be  used  to  pay  the  salary 
and  traveling  expenses  of  high  school  inspection:  Provided, 
that  application  for  appointment  herein  shall  be  made  not 
later  than  May  1st  of  each  year:  And  provided  further,  that 
no  appointment  shall  be  made  until  all  schools  eligible  to  re- 
ceive aid  are  listed,  and  if  the  amounts  of  money  appropriated 
under  this  act  are  not  sufficient  to  meet  the  requirements  as 
provided  by  law,  then  said  distribution  shall  be  prorated  among 
all  the  high  schools  of  the  state  making  application  therefor 
and  being  eligible  to  the  appropriation  provided  for  in  this  act. 
SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  19,  1919. 


CHAPTER  53. 

STATE   BOARD   OF  EDUCATION   FOR  DISTRIBUTION   OF  FED- 
ERAL   FUNDS    FOR    VOCATIONAL    EDUCATION. 

Senate  bill  No.   425. 

AN  ACT  making  an  appropriation  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  chapter  280  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1917. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  For  the  use  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  in 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  chapter  280  of  the  Session  Laws 
of  1917  there  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  money  in  the 
state  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated  the  sum  of  $52,541 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1920,  and  the  sum  of 
$63,370  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1921. 

SEC.  2.  The  state  auditor  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  draw  his  warrants  on  the  state  treasurer  for  the  purpose 
mentioned  in  section  1  of  this  act  upon  vouchers  approved  by 
the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  12,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  54. 

STATE  AID   FOR  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS   FOR  FISCAL  YEARS 
ENDING  JUNE   30,   1920  AND   1921. 

House  bill  No.   706. 

AN  ACT  making  an  appropriation  to  provide  state  aid  for  certain  school 
districts  in  compliance  with  chapter  268  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1911, 
for  the  fiscal  years  ending  June  30,  1920,  and  June  30,  1921. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  pro- 
visions of  chapter  268,  Session  Laws  of  1911,  providing  for 
state  aid  for  certain  school  districts,  there  is  hereby  appro- 
priated out  of  any  money  in  the  state  treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  ($20,000) 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1920,  and  the  sum  of  twenty 
thousand  dollars  ($20,000)  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 
1921 :  Provided,  that  if  the  amount  so  appropriated  is  not 
sufficient  to  pay  the  full  sum  to  which  each  district  is  entitled 
under  the  provisions  of  said  chapter  268,  Session  Laws  of  1911, 
that  it  shall  be  divided  pro  rata  among  the  several  districts 
in  proportion,  for  the  amount  asked  for  by  the  county  superin- 
tendent: Provided  further,  that  the  one-fourth  to  be  paid  by 
the  county,  if  insufficient,  be  prorated  among  the  districts 
entitled  to  such  aid. 

SEC.  2.  The  auditor  of  state  is  hereby  authorized  to  draw 
his  warrants  upon  the  treasurer  of  state  for  the  purposes  of 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  chapter  268,  Session  Laws  of 
1911,  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  thereof. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  19,  1919. 


CHAPTER  55. 

FOR  SUPPORT  OF  SCHOOLS  IN  DISTRICT  75,  LANSING,  KANSAS, 
FOR  FISCAL  YEARS  ENDING  JUNE  30,  1920  AND  1921. 

Senate  bill  No.   207. 

AN  ACT  making  appropriation  to  aid  in  the  support  and  maintenance  of 
the  schools  in  district  No.  75  located  at  Lansing,  Leavenworth  county, 
Kansas,  for  the  fiscal  years  ending  June  30,  1920,  and  June  30,  1921. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas  : 

SECTION  1.  That  there  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any 
money  in  the  state  treasury,  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1920,  and  one  thousand  dol- 
lars for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1921,  to  be  used  by  the 
board  of  directors  of  school  district  No.  75,  located  in  Lansing, 


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Leavenworth  county,  Kansas,  in  aid  of  the  teachers  and  inci- 
dental fund  raised  by  said  school  district  No.  75,  at  Lansing, 
Leavenworth  county,  Kansas. 

SEC.  2.  The  auditor  of  state  is  hereby  ordered  to  draw  his 
warrants  on  the  treasurer  of  state  for  the  sum  specified  in  sec- 
tion 1  of  this  act,  upon  properly  itemized  and  verified  vouchers 
of  the  treasurer  of  school  district  No.  75,  located  at  Lansing, 
Leavenworth  county,  Kansas,  approved  by  the  director  and 
clerk  of  said  school  district  No.  75 ;  said  warrants  to  be  in  the 
sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  each,  one  warrant  payable  on  the 
first  day  of  September,  1919,  and  the  other  warrant  payable  on 
the  first  day  of  September,  1920. 

SEC.  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  the  provi- 
sions of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in.  the  statute  book. 

Approved  February  21,  1919. 


CHAPTER  93. 

RELATING  TO  THE   REGISTRATION  AND   CANCELLATION   OF 
BONDS  ISSUED  BY  MUNICIPALITIES. 

House  bill  No.   102. 

RELATING  to  registration  and  cancellation  of  all  bonds  issued  by  cities, 
counties,  townships,  school  districts  or  other  municipal  corporations 
within  the  state  of  Kansas,  providing  for  certified  transcripts  of  the 
proceedings  leading  up  to  the  issuance  of  such  bonds  to  be  filed  with 
the  auditor  of  state,  amending  section  645  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  1915,  and  repealing  sections  635,  636  and  645  of  the  General 
Statutes  of  1915. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  before  any  bond  hereafter  issued  by  any 
city,  county,  township,  school  district,  board  of  education, 
drainage  district  or  other  municipal  corporation  or  district 
shall  become  a  valid  obligation  a  full  and  complete  transcript 
properly  certified  of  the  proceedings  leading  up  to  its  issuance 
shall  be  filed  with  the  auditor  of  state  and  said  bond  shall  be 
registered  in  the  office  of  the  auditor  of  state  in  proper  records 
kept  for  that  purpose,  and  after  being  so  registered,  the  state 
auditor  shall  under  the  seal  of  his  office  certify  upon  said 
bonds  the  fact  that  they  have  been  so  registered. 

SEC.  2.  Section  645  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915  is 
amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  645.  The  clerk  of  every 
county,  city,  township,  school  district,  drainage  district,  board 
of  education,  and  other  districts  authorized  to  issue  bonds, 
issuing  bonds,  shall  register  the  same  in  his  office.  Such  bonds 


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shall  also,  in  every  case,  except  city  bonds  and  bonds  issued 
by  boards  of  education,  be  registered  by  the  county  clerk, 
showing  the  date,  number  and  amount  thereof,  rate  of  interest, 
number  of  coupons  and  amount  of  each,  to  whom  payable, 
where  payable,  date  of  maturity,  and  if  optional,  under  what 
conditions.  And  all  bonds  refunded  shall  have  the  words 
"Paid  in  full"  marked  in  a  plain  manner  across  the  face  of 
each  bond  and  coupon  so  refunded;  and  such  canceled  obliga- 
tion shall  be  carefully  preserved  in  the  office  of  the  county 
clerk,  or  destroyed  by  the  county  commissioners,  a  register 
of  the  number,  amount  and  date  of  issue  having  been  first 
made  by  the  county  clerk.  The  proper  officers  shall,  at  the 
time  of  issuing  refunding  bonds,  make  out  and  transfer  to  the 
auditor  of  state  a  certified  statement  of  all  proceedings  had 
by  the  proper  board  or  city  council,  as  shown  of  record,  and 
that  the  said  bonds  have  been  issued  for  certain  indebtedness 
surrendered,  distinctly  describing  the  bonds  issued  and  the 
indebtedness  surrendered,  and  that  they  have  been  duly  regis- 
tered by  the  attesting  clerk  and  the  county  clerk,  as  required 
herein;  which  statement  shall  be  in  such  form  and  include 
such  other  information  as  the  auditor  of  state  may  require, 
and  be  signed  by  all  the  officers  whose  signatures  are  attached 
to  such  bonds,  and  attested  by  the  proper  clerk  with  the  cor- 
porate seal  of  the  county,  city,  township,  school  district,  drain- 
age district,  or  board  of  education,  if  any,  and  be  duly  ac- 
knowledged before  the  county  clerk.  And  the  auditor  shall 
register  the  said  bonds  in  his  office  in  a  book  kept  for  that 
purpose,  and  shall  under  seal  of  his  office  certify  upon  such 
bonds  the  fact  that  they  have  been  so  registered. 

SEC.  3.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  fiscal  agents  of 
the  state  of  Kansas  upon  the  payment  of  any  bond  of  any 
municipality  mentioned  in  section  1  of  this  act  to  cancel  the 
same  and  deliver  it  to  the  auditor  of  state,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  cancel  the  same  of  record  in  his  office  and  to  return 
said  canceled  bond  to  the  clerk  of  the  municipality  issuing 
same.  No  fee  shall  be  charged  said  municipality  by  any  of 
the  officers  mentioned  above  in  connection  with  the  registra- 
tion or  cancellation  of  said  bonds:  Provided,  however,  that 
this  provision  shall  not  apply  to  the  regular  statutory  fiscal 
agency  fees. 

SEC.  4.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  auditor  of  state 
to  revise  the  bond  records  in  his  office  by  canceling  of  record 
all  bonds  which  have  heretofore  been  paid,  and  for  the  pur- 
pose of  enabling  him  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act 
it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  each  city,  county, 
township,  school  district,  drainage  district,  board  of  education 
or  other  municipal  corporation,  to  furnish  to  the  said  auditor 
of  state  a  sworn  statement  of  all  outstanding  bonded  indebted- 
ness in  such  form  as  said  auditor  shall  direct,  and  said  clerks 


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shall  render  any  other  necessary  assistance  required  in  the 
perfecting  of  said  records. 

SEC.  5.  Original  sections  635,  636  and  645  of  the  General 
Statutes  of  1915  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  11,  1919. 


CHAPTER  94. 

INVESTMENT  OF   COUNTY,  TOWNSHIP,  CITY   OR  SCHOOL 
DISTRICT  SINKING  FUND. 

Substitute  for   Senate  bill   No.   44. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  investment  of  county,  township,  city  or  school  dis- 
trict sinking  fund,  and  amending  section  680  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
1915,  and  repealing  such  original  section. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  680  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kan- 
sas of  1915  be  amended  to  read  as  follows :  Sec.  680.  That  the 
proper  officers  having  charge  and  control  of  any  moneys  which 
have  been  or  may  hereafter  be  levied  and  collected  as  a  sinking 
fund  to  redeem  the  outstanding  bonds  of  any  county,  township, 
city  or  school  district  may  invest  such  sinking  fund  by  pur- 
chasing the  bonds  of  any  county,  township,  city  or  school  dis- 
trict within  the  state  of  Kansas,  subject  to  the  following  con- 
ditions: First,  no  such  bonds  shall  be  purchased  unless  the 
same  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  the  attorney- 
general  of  the  state  of  Kansas  in  accordance  with  section  6  of 
chapter  110  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1909  of  the  state  of 
Kansas,  showing  such  bonds  to  be  acceptable  as  security  for 
deposit  of  state  funds  under  the  state  depository  law.  Second, 
no  such  bonds  shall  be  purchased  under  this  act  which  shall  not 
mature  and  become  due  at  or  prior  to  the  time  fixed  for  the 
payment  of  the  bonds  for  which  such  sinking  fund  was  created. 
Third,  no  sinking  fund  shall  be  invested  under  this  act  in 
the  bonds  of  any  county,  township,  city  or  school  district  where 
the  bonded  and  floating  indebtedness  thereof  shall  exceed  ten 
percent  of  its  total  assessed  valuation  as  shown  by  the  last  as- 
sessment preceding  such  investment.  Fourth,  any  officer  or 
officers  investing  sinking  funds  under  this  act  shall  be  author- 
ized to  pay  such  premium  as  may  be  necessary  to  secure  the 
bonds  desired  in  the  open  market :  Provided,  that  no  premium 
shall  be  paid  for  any  bonds  purchased  under  this  act  which 
shall  have  the  effect  of  reducing  the  annual  income  from  such 
investment  to  less  than  three  percent :  Provided  further,  that 
in  cities  of  the  first  class  having  a  population  in  excess  of 


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85,000,  the  proper  officers  having  charge  and  control  of  moneys 
as  hereinbefore  described  may  and  are  authorized,  in  cases 
where  work  is  being  performed  in  and  for  such  city,  by  an 
original  contractor  with  such  city,  under  contract  and  bonds  as 
provided  by  law,  and  such  city  is  about  to,  or  has  issued  bonds 
to  enable  it  to  pay  for  such  work  or  improvement,  but  such 
bonds  have  not  been  sold,  or  the  proceeds  of  such  bonds  have 
not  been  received  by  such  city,  loan  or  advance  to  said  con- 
tractor, out  of  such  moneys  held  as  a  sinking  fund  or  funds, 
upon  a  partial  estimate  duly  issued  to  such  contractor,  and  duly 
assigned  to  such  city,  for  a  period  not  exceeding  ninety  days, 
a  sum  of  money  not  exceeding  eighty-five  percent  of  the 
amount  of  such  partial  estimate,  at  a  rate  of  interest  not  less 
than  four  and  one-half  percent  per  annum,  which  moneys  so 
loaned  or  advanced  shall  be  immediately  returned  to  and  re- 
placed in  the  sinking  fund  from  which  the  same  has  been 
taken  out  of  the  first  moneys  received  by  such  city  from  the 
sale  of  said  bonds.  No  such  loan  or  advance,  however,  shall  be 
made  unless  the  bonds  of  said  city  issued  or  to  be  issued  for 
the  payment  of  such  contract  are  to  be  sold  within  the  said 
period  of  ninety  days ;  and  no  moneys  shall  be  taken  for  the  pur- 
pose of  such  loan  or  advance,  from  any  sinking  fund  or  funds, 
for  the  payment  of  bonds  maturing  within  six  months  from  the 
date  of  the  making  of  such  loan  or  advance.  All  moneys  re- 
ceived as  interest  upon  the  loan  or  advance  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided for  shall,  upon  its  receipt  by  such  officers,  be  immediately 
placed  in  the  particular  sinking  fund  from  which  such  loan  or 
advance  was  made  and  credited  to,  and  thereafter  form  a  part 
of  such  sinking  fund. 

SEC.  2.  That  section  680  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915  is 
hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  ;ts  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  31,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  95. 

RELATING  TO  THE  REFUNDING  OF  OUTSTANDING  INDEBTED- 
NESS BY  THE  VARIOUS  COUNTIES,  TOWNSHIPS,  CITIES 
AND  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  IN  THIS  STATE. 

House  bill  No.   459. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  refunding  of  outstanding  indebtedness  by  the 
various  counties,  townships,  cities  and  school  districts  in  this  state, 
and  repealing  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  herewith. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  any  county,  township,  city  or  school  dis- 
trict in  this  state  now  having  authority,  or  that  may  hereafter 
be  authorized  to  refund  its  outstanding  indebtedness  shall 
issue  such  refunding  bonds  in  installments  of  approximately 
equal  amounts  each  year,  none  of  which  refunding  bonds  shall 
run  for  a  longer  period  than  thirty  years,  nor  bear  interest  to 
exceed  six  per  centum  per  annum,  and  shall  annually  there- 
after levy  a  tax  in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes  are  now 
levied  to  pay  the  installments  of  the  principal  and  interest  of 
such  bonds  next  thereafter  maturing,  and  collected  in  the  same 
manner  as  may  be  provided  by  law  for  the  collection  of  other 
taxes,  it  being  the  intention  of  the  legislature  to  require  that 
an  aliquot  part  of  the  principal  of  such  refunded  bonds  shall 
be  paid  annually. 

SEC.  2.  That  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  the 
provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  15,  1919. 


CHAPTER  96. 

FLOATING  INDEBTEDNESS  IN  TOWNSHIPS  AND  SCHOOL  DIS- 
TRICTS; RETIREMENT  BY  ISSUANCE  OF  BONDS  OR  LEVY- 
ING TAX. 

Senate  bill  No.   76. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  floating  indebtedness  of  townships  and  school 
districts  and  providing  for  the  retirement  thereof  by  the  issuance  of 
bonds  or  the  levy  of  a  tax. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  Upon  the  presentation  of  a  petition  signed  by 
51  percent  of  the  taxpayers  of  any  township  or  school  district, 
the  board  of  township  trustees  of  the  various  counties  of  the 
state  of  Kansas  and  the  boards  of  education  be  and  are  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  issue  the  bonds  of  such  township 


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or  school  district  in  an  amount  sufficient  to  redeem  and  refund 
all  outstanding  floating  indebtedness  against  such  townships  or 
school  districts  existing  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  act, 
including  accumulated  interest  on  outstanding  warrants.  The 

bonds  shall  be  known  and  deemed  as  " Funding  Bonds," 

and  shall  be  issued  in  denominations  in  not  less  than  one 
hundred  ($100.00)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  thousand 
($1,000.00)  dollars,  with  interest  coupons  attached  and  shall 
bear  interest  at  a  rate  not  greater  than  six  per  cent  (6%)  per 
annum,  payable  semiannually,  the  first  days  of  January  and 
July  in  each  year:  Provided,  however,  that  any  township  or 
school  district  not  desiring  to  issue  bonds  hereinbefore  provided 
for  may  levy  a  tax  in  lieu  thereof,  not  exceeding  three-tenths 
of  a  mill  on  the  dollar  of  the  taxable  property  in  such  township 
or  school  district,  for  the  purpose  of  redeeming  its  outstanding 
and  floating  indebtedness:  Provided,  that  this  act  shall  not 
apply  to  boards  of  education  or  school  districts  pertaining  to 
cities  of  the  first  class. 

SEC.  2.  That  said  bonds  shall  be  payable  in  not  more  than 
thirty  years  from  the  date  thereof,  and  may  be  made  payable 
in  installments  and  shall  be  payable  at  the  office  of  the  fiscal 
agency  of  the  state  of  Kansas  at  such  time  within  the  period 
aforesaid  as  the  board  of  township  trustees  or  boards  of  educa- 
tion shall  designate.  Each  bond  shall  bear  on  its  face  the 
amount  thereof,  the  rate  of  interest  it  bears,  the  number  of 
such  bonds,  when  issued,  when  and  where  payable,  for  what 
purpose  issued,  and  be  payable  to  bearer ;  which  bonds  together 
with  the  coupons  thereto  attached  shall  be  signed  by  the  chair- 
man of  the  board  and  attested  by  the  clerk  of  the  county  and 
each  bond  shall  have  the  impression  of  the  seal  of  the  county 
thereon :  Provided,  that  said  bonds  shall  not  be  sold  until  regis- 
tered in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  and  the  office  of  the 
auditor  of  state  and  shall  not  be  sold  for  less  than  par. 

SEC.  3.  That  all  acts  and  all  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  here- 
with are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  February  27,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  4,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  112. 

RELATING  TO  PUBLIC  LIBRARIES,  AND  TO  SUBMITTING  THE 
QUESTION    OF    ESTABLISHMENT    THEREOF. 

House  bill  No.  475. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  public  libraries,  and  repealing  section  949  of  the 
General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  upon  the  written  petition  of  twenty-five 
percent  of  the  resident  taxpayers  of  any  city  presented  to  the 
mayor  and  city  council  or  mayor  and  commissioners  thereof, 
such  mayor  and  council  shall  cause  to  be  submitted  to  the 
legal  voters  of  such  city,  at  the  first  city  election  thereafter,  or, 
if  the  petition  so  requests,  at  a  special  election  to  be  called  for 
that  purpose,  the  question  of  the  establishment  and  mainte- 
nance of  a  free  public  library  and  reading  room  by  such  city; 
and  if  a 'majority  of  the  votes  cast  at  such  election  on  such 
proposition  shall  be  in  favor  of  the  establishment  and  main- 
tenance of  such  library  and  reading  room,  the  mayor  and 
council  or  mayor  and  commissioners  shall  annually  thereafter 
levy  a  tax  in  such  sum  as  may  be  by  resolution  of  the  directors 
of  the  free  library  designated,  not  to  exceed  one  mill  on  the 
dollar  on  all  taxable  property  in  such  city  subject  to  tax,  to  be 
levied  and  collected  in  a  like  manner  with  the  other  taxes  of 
said  city  -and  to  be  known  as  the  library  fund :  Provided,  that 
in  cities  having  a  population  of  40,000  or  more  the  levy  herein 
provided  for  shall  not  exceed  one-fourth  of  one  mill. 

SEC.  2.  That  section  949  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas 
for  1915  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  8,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  120. 

AUDITING    ACCOUNTS     OF     CITIES     FIRST     CLASS,    AND     OF 
BOARDS  OF   EDUCATION   IN   SUCH   CITIES. 

Senate  bill  No.   112. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  auditing  of  the  accounts  of  cities  of  the  first  class 
and  boards  of  education  in  such  cities  and  providing  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  accountants  and  the  duties  and  compensation  of  such  account- 
ants and  the  publication  of  such  accountants'  report. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  in  the  month  of  May  in  each  year,  after 
the  election  and  qualification  of  the  city  officers  and  members 
of  the  board  of  education,  the  mayor  and  city  commissioners, 
or  mayor  and  councilmen  of  each  city  of  the  first  class  in  the 
state  of  Kansas,  may  cause  a  full  and  complete  audit  of  the 
financial  affairs  of  said  city  and  the  affairs  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation of  said  city  to  be  made  for  the  preceding  two  years; 
said  audit  shall  embrace  all  moneys  received  from  every  source 
whatsoever,  giving  in  detail  the  dates,  the  amounts,  and  sources 
from  which  received  and  the  same  shall  be  itemized  in  detail 
and  shall  bo  made  in  duplicate ;  said  audit  shall  also  embrace  in 
detail  all  moneys  paid  out,  the  date  of  the  payment,  to  whom 
paid,  the  amount  of  the  payment  and  for  what  services,  p'rop- 
erty  or  consideration  the  same  was  so  paid ;  also  including  all 
bonds  issued,  the  amount  of  the  same  and  for  what  the  same 
were  issued,  the  amount  for  which  the  same  were  sold,  the 
rate  of  interest  the  bonds  bear,  to  whom  issued  or  sold,  the 
premium  received  on  the  same  and  whether  the  same  were  sold 
at  private  or  public  sale,  or  on  bids ;  also  to  what  fund  the  pro- 
ceeds were  credited ;  also  show  the  amounts  levied  for  a  sink- 
ing fund  on  outstanding  bonds  or  debts ;  the  amount  received 
on  account  of  such  sinking  fund ;  the  account  to  which  the  same 
was  credited,  the  amount  paid  out  on  account  of  such  sinking 
fund,  and,  in  fine,  all  matters  relating  to  the  sinking  fund  shall 
be  specifically  shown.  The  series  of  bonds  to  which  the  sink- 
ing fund  relates  shall  be  shown ;  said  audit  shall  also  show  the 
purchase  or  condemnation  of  all  property  for  street  and  alley 
purposes,  the  acquirement  of  rights  of  way  for  sewer  purposes 
and  also  all  land  acquired  by  the  city  or  board  of  education  and 
all  expenses  of  every  kind  incurred  by  the  city  or  board  of  edu- 
cation, the  amount  thereof,  to  whom  paid,  the  amount  paid  to 
each  appraiser,  giving  his  name  and  the  time  employed ;  each 
condemnation  or  appropriation  of  property  shall  be  made  sep- 
arately and  in  detail  and  the  same  shall  be  made  in  duplicate 
and  both  signed  as  originals  by  the  auditing  committee  or  ac- 
countant, and  certified  by  the  city  clerk,  as  correct;  one  copy 
shall  be  journalized  and  kept  by  the  city  clerk  and  the  other 


16  Laivs  Relating  to  Education. 

shall  be  kept  in  the  city  clerk's  office,  for  the  use  of  the  public 
at  all  times  during  business  hours,  for  examination  and  mak- 
ing copies  of  the  same,  or  any  item  or  part  thereof :  Provided, 
that  this  act  does  not  apply  to  cities  having  a  population  of  less 
than  50,000  which  have  a  city  auditor. 

SEC.  2.  That  after  the  said  audit  is  made,  if  a  petition  is 
filed  with  the  city  clerk,  signed  by  one  hundred  taxpayers  in 
said  city,  praying  that  the  same  be  published  in  the  official 
city  paper,  then  the  same  shall  be  ordered  published  by  the 
mayor  and  councilmen,  or  mayor  and  board  of  commissioners 
in  such  city,  in  twenty  (20)  days  from  the  filing  of  such  peti- 
tion, and  the  same  shall  be  paid  for  by  the  city  at  the  same  rate 
as  other  city  printing  is  paid  for,  as  provided  by  law. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  auditing  committee  shall  consist  of  two 
persons,  who  shall  be  expert  bookkeepers  or  public  account- 
ants, one  selected  by  the  city  authorities  and  one  by  the  judge 
or  judges  of  the  district  court  of  the  county  in  which  the  city 
is  situated,  upon  an  application  filed  with  the  judges  by  the 
city  attorney  of  the  city,  or  by  five  taxpayers,  in  the  event  that 
the  city  attorney  does  not  make  the  application. 

SEC.  4.  No  person  shall  be  appointed  as  an  accountant  who 
solicits  the  appointment,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  or  who 
has  been  employed  by  the  city  within  two  years  prior  to  his 
appointment,  or  who  is  related  to  either  of  said  judges,  or  any 
member  of  the  city  council  or  board  of  commissioners  or  a 
city  official,  or  any  member  of  the  board  of  education,  or  who 
is,  in  any  way,  connected  with,  or  related  to,  any  person,  who 
was  a  city  official  or  member  of  the  board  of  education  within 
two  years  prior  to  the  date  of  the  appointment.  And  the  said 
accountants  shall  take  an  oath  to  the  facts  set  out  in  the  report, 
referred  to  in  section  one  hereinbefore,  and  also  that  they  will 
each  honestly,  faithfully  and  truthfully  perform  their  duties 
as  set  out  in  this  act.  Said  accountants  shall  be  paid  not  to 
exceed  $15.00  per  day  and  actual  necessary  expense  for  the 
time  employed,  and  eight  hours  shall  be  counted  as  a  day,  and 
they  shall  make  oath  of  the  time  employed,  and  said  account- 
ants shall  be  entitled  to  a  stenographer,  to  be  furnished  by  the 
city,  who  shall  make  the  report  herein  set  forth,  in  duplicate. 

SEC.  5.  Said  auditing  committee  shall  make  and  file  its  re- 
port in  duplicate  in  the  month  of  July  following  the  appoint- 
ment. 

SEC.  6.  That  if  the  said  city  officials  shall  fail,  in  the  month 
of  May,  following  the  election  of  the  city  officials,  to  proceed  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  then  any  five  taxpayers 
may  file  a  petition  in  the  district  court  of  the  county,  and  the 
same  shall  be  acted  upon  by  the  judge,  or  if  more  than  one 
judge,  by  the  judges  of  the  district  court  of  the  county,  in  ten 
(10)  days  from  the  date  of  the  filing  thereof,  and  said  judge  or 
judges  shall  then  appoint  said  persons  to  make  the  audit,  and 


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the  city  shall  not  have  the  power  to  make  any  appointment,  and 
said  appointees  of  the  judge  or  judges  shall  make  said  audit  or 
report,  all  as  set  out  in  this  act,  and  the  city  shall  pay  for  their 
services  in  twenty  (20)  days  after  the  report  is  made  and  filed. 

SEC.  7.  That  if  said  auditing  committee  fails  to  make  and 
file  its  report,  in  duplicate  within  thirty-five  (35)  days  from 
the  date  of  its  appointment,  it  shall  forfeit  all  compensation, 
and  if  it  fails  to  substantially  comply  witn  the  terms  of  the  act 
as  to  the  matters,  things  and  facts  required  to  be  set  out  in 
such  report  and  in  detail,  no  compensation  shall  be  allowed  to 
them  for  their  services  until  the  said  report  shall  be  fully  cor- 
rected and  amended,  so  as  to  show  all  of  the  facts,  matters  and 
things  required  by  this  act.  Said  accountants  may  at  any  time 
within  twenty  days  after  filing  of  their  said  report  make  such 
corrections  or  amendments  to  said  report  as  may  be  necessary 
to  state  the  facts. 

SEC.  8.  That  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  city  treasurer, 
the  city  clerk,  the  city  engineer,  mayor  and  councilmen  of  said 
city,  or  mayor  and  board  of  commissioners  of  said  city,  the 
president  of  the  school  board  and  the  members  thereof,  the 
secretary  of  the  school  board  and  the  treasurer  of  the  school 
board  and  all  other  persons  in  the  employ  of  the  city,  to  furnish 
and  give  to  said  accountants  all  information  they,  or  any  of 
them,  possess,  which  shall  enable  such  accountants  to  make 
said  audit  and  report  complete,  and  all  said  officials  hereinbe^ 
fore  mentioned  shall  place  at  the  disposal  of  said  accountants 
all  records,  books,  papers,  documents,  checks,  vouchers,  re- 
ceipts and  memoranda  in  their  possession  or  under  their  con- 
trol that  the  said  accountants  may  need  and  demand  to  enable 
them  to  make  said  report  fully  and  correctly,  as  hereinbefore 
set  forth. 

SEC.  9.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  18,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  139. 

ENABLING  BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION  IN  CITIES  OF  THE  SEC- 
OND CLASS  TO  COMPLETE  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OF  AND  TO 
EQUIP  AND  FURNISH  SCHOOL  BUILDINGS  WHERE  THE 
FUNDS  NOW  PROVIDED  ARE  INSUFFICIENT. 

House  bill  No.   349. 

AN  ACT  to  enable  boards  of  education  in  cities  of  the  second  class  to  com- 
plete the  construction  of  and  to  equip  and  furnish  school  buildings 
where  the  funds  now  provided  for  are  insufficient  for  that  purpose  and 
supplemental  to  chapter  272  of  the  Laws  of  Kansas  of  1917  and  supple- 
mental to  sections  10889,  10890  and  10892  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
Kansas  for  1915. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  in  any  city  of  the  second  class  in  the  state 
of  Kansas,  and  located  in  a  county  having  a  population  of  more 
than  30,000,  where  the  people  have,  prior  to  January  1,  1919, 
and  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  chapter  272  of  the  Session 
Laws  of  Kansas  for  1917  and  sections  10889,  10890  and  10892 
of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915  voted  in  favor  of 
the  construction  of  a  school  building,  or  for  the  building,  fur- 
nishing and  equipping  of  a  school  building,  and  the  issuance  of 
bonds  to  provide  funds  therefor,  and  where  the  board  of  edu- 
cation of  such  city  has  begun  the  actual  construction  of  said 
building,  or  purchased  the  site  for  said  school  building,  or  any 
material  to  be  used  in  constructing  or  equipping  said  school 
building,  and  it  is  found  by  said  board  of  education  that  the 
funds  now  authorized  or  voted  for  the  same  are  insufficient 
or  inadequate  to  complete  said  building  or  to  properly  equip 
and  furnish  the  same,  the  said  board  of  education  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  issue  and  sell  additional  bonds  in 
such  sum  as  may  be  necessary  for  such  purpose,  provided  the 
amount  of  such  bonds,  in  addition  to  those  already  authorized 
or  issued  shall  in  no  case  exceed  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dol- 
lars: And  provided  further,  that  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  expire  after  two  years  from  the  passage  thereof. 

SEC.  2.  That  before  any  bonds  shall  be  issued  by  any  board 
of  education  of  any  city  of  the  second  class  as  provided  by  sec- 
tion one  of  this  act  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  hold  or  call  an 
additional  election  for  that  purpose,  but  said  board  of  educa- 
tion shall  first  give  notice  by  publication  in  a  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  such  city  for  a  period  of  four  consecutive  weeks  prior 
to  the  issuance  of  said  bonds,  which  notice  shall  state  the  ob- 
ject and  purpose  of  said  bonds  and  the  date  on  which  they 
shall  be  issued,  and  said  bonds  shall  bear  the  same  rate  of  in- 
terest, run  the  same  period  of  time,  be  executed  in  the  same 
manner  and  be  subject  to  all  other  laws  applying  to  the  bonds 
already  authorized  for  said  purpose. 


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SEC.  3.  This  act  is  supplemental  to  chapter  272  of  the  Ses- 
sion Laws  of  Kansas  for  1917  and  sections  10889,  10890  and 
10892  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915. 

SEC.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  3,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  6,  1919. 


CHAPTER  142. 

AUTHORIZING   LEVY  OF   TAX   FOR  PURCHASE   OF   SITE    FOR 
FREE  LIBRARY  BUILDING. 

Senate  bill  No.   79. 

AN  ACT  authorizing  the  levy  of  a  tax  by  certain  cities  of  the  second 
class  for  the  purpose  of  producing  a  fund  for  the  purchase  of  a  site 
for  a  free  library  building,  and  enabling  such  cities  to  purchase  such 
site. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  mayor  and  council,  or  the  mayor  and 
commissioners,  of  any  city  of  the  second  class,  having  and 
maintaining  a  free  public  library,  and  having  an  assessed  val- 
uation of  the  property  in  such  city  of  not  more  than  three 
million  dollars,  and  not  more  than  2,500  inhabitants,  are 
hereby  authorized  to  levy  an  annual  tax  during  the  years  1919 
and  1920  not  to  exceed  one  mill  on  such  valuation  for  the  pur- 
pose of  producing  a  fund  or  the  purchase  of  a  site  for  a  free 
library  building,  and  the  mayor  and  council,  or  mayor  and 
commissioners,  of  such  city  are  hereby  authorized  to  purchase 
such  site  with  the  money  thus  produced. 

SEC.  2.  That  should  the  fund  so  produced  be  more  than  suf- 
ficient for  the  payment  of  such  site,  then  the  remainder  of  such 
fund  shall  become  a  part  of  and  be  credited  to  the  library  fund 
of  such  city,  and  there  shall  be  no  further  levy  thereafter. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  144. 

RECLASSIFICATION  OF  CITIES  OF  THE  SECOND  CLASS— SUB- 
MITTING QUESTION  AT  ELECTION. 

Senate  bill  No.   29. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  reclassification  of  cities  of  the  second  class. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  whenever  any  city  of  the  second  class 
organized  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Kansas  has  been  re- 
duced in  population  to  one  thousand  or  less,  as  shown  by  the 
last  returns  of  the  assessor  taking  the  enumeration  of  said 
city,  the  mayor  of  such  city  of  the  second  class  or  the  president 
of  the  council,  if  there  is  no  acting  mayor,  may  by  proclama- 
tion call  an  election  within  such  city  for  the  purpose  of  deter- 
mining whether  said  city  shall  be  set  back  into  a  city  of  the 
third  class.  Such  proclamation  to  be  published  in  some  news- 
paper of  general  circulation  within  said  city  for  two  weeks 
preceding  such  election  and  shall  also  be  posted  in  four  con- 
spicuous places  within  said  city.  The  question  to  be  submitted 
to  the  electors  of  said  city  by  such  proclamation  shall  be: 

Shall  the  city  of be  changed  from  a  city  of  the  second 

class  and  set  back  to  a  city  of  the  third  class?     Yes   D 

No    D 

A  cross  in  the  square  opposite  either  the  word  "yes"  or  "no" 
shall  be  made  by  the  voter  to  indicate  the  way  he  votes,  and 
such  election  shall  in  all  other  respects  be  held  in  the  same 
manner  as  any  other  general  election.  A  majority  of  the  votes 
cast  at  such  election  shall  decide  the  proposition  and  if  a  ma- 
jority of  the  votes  cast  are  for  the  affirmative,  then  the  mayor 
or  acting  mayor  of  such  city  shall  certify  the  result  of  such 
election  to  the  county  clerk  of  the  county  in  which  such  city  is 
situated,  who  shall  file  such  certificate  in  the  files  of  his  office 
and  register  the  same  in  the  same  book  where  records  of  other 
elections  in  such  county  are  kept,  and  from  and  after  the  filing 
of  such  certificate  with  such  county  clerk,  such  city  shall  be  a 
city  of  the  third  class. 

SEC.  2.  The  officers  of  such  city  holding  office  at  the  time  of 
such  election  shall,  including  the  mayor  and  councilmen,  as 
well  as  all  other  city  officers,  hold  their  office  until  the  next 
regular  election  for  city  of  the  third  class  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  elected  and  qualified. 

SEC.  3.  Wherever  there  shall  exist  any  indebtedness  at  the 
time  of  the  change  of  said  city  from  the  second  class  to  the 
third  class,  this  act  shall  in  no  manner  change  the  amount  of 
taxes  that  may  be  levied  under  the  laws  pertaining  to  cities  of 
the  second  class  until  such  indebtedness  shall  have  been  paid, 


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but  in  all  other  respects  such  city  shall  be  governed  by  the  laws 
pertaining  to  cities  of  the  third  class. 

SEC.  4.  All  of  the  ordinances  in  force  in  such  city  as  a  city 
of  the  second  class  shall  remain  and  be  in  force  and  be  the 
ordinances  of  such  city  after  it  shall  have  become  a  city  of  the 
third  class. 

SEC.  5.  All  laws  of  the  state  of  Kansas  now  existing  which 
are  in  conflict  with  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  6.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  3,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  6,  1919. 


CHAPTER  184. 

MAKING  IT  A  FELONY  TO  DISPLAY  A  FLAG  DISTINCTIVE  OF 
BOLSHEVISM,   ANARCHY    OR    RADICAL    SOCIALISM. 

House  bill  No.   714. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  flag,  standard,  or  banner  of  bolshevism,  anarchy, 
or  radical  socialism;  declaring  any  violation  hereof  a  felony,  and  pro- 
viding penalties  therefor. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  hereafter  it  shall  be  a  felony  for  any  person 
or  persons,  organization  or  body  of  persons  to  fly,  to  carry,  to 
exhibit,  or  to  display,  or  to  assist  in  carrying,  exhibiting  or  dis- 
playing in  this  state  any  red  flag,  standard  or  banner  dis- 
tinctive of  bolshevism,  anarchy,  or  radical  socialism,  or  any 
flag,  standard  or  banner  of  any  color  or  design  that  is  now  or 
may  hereafter  be  designated  by  any  bolshevistic,  anarchistic 
or  radical  socialistic  group,  body,  association  or  society  of  per- 
sons as  the  flag,  standard  or  banner  of  bolshevism,  anarchism 
or  radical  socialism. 

SEC.  2.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  any 
provision  of  section  1  of  this  act  shall,  upon  conviction  of  such 
violation,  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in  the  State  Peniten- 
tiary for  a  period  of  not  less  than  eighteen  (18)  months  nor 
more  than  three  (3)  years. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  31,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  201. 

RELATING  TO  THE  DUTIES  OF  COUNTY  SUPERINTENDENTS 
OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION;  COMPENSATION  AND  CLERK 
HIRE. 

House  bill  No.  725. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  compensation  and  duties  of  county  superintend- 
ents, providing  for  clerk  hire,  amending  section  1,  chapter  191,  Laws 
of  1917,  and  repealing  said  original  section. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas : 

SECTION  1.  That  section  1,  chapter  191,  Laws  of  1917,  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Section  1.  The  county 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  be  allowed  by  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  their  respective  counties, 
as  full  compensation  for  all  their  services  in  the  performance 
of  the  duties  required  of  them  by  statute,  the  following  sums 
and  no  more,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  county  treasury  in  monthly 
or  quarterly  installments ;  said  compensation  shall  be  fixed  by 
the  board  of  county  commissioners  at  the  first  meeting  in  July 
of  each  year,  based  on  the  enumeration  of  the  school  enumer- 
ator for  that  year,  and  the  salary  so  fixed  shall  begin  on  July 
first  of  that  year.  In  counties  having  a  school  population  of  less 
than  500,  the  county  superintendent  shall  receive  for  each  day 
actually  employed  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  in  his  office  the 
sum  of  four  dollars  per  day  for  a  number  of  days  not  to  exceed 
180  in  any  one  year.  In  counties  having  a  school  population  of 
from  500  to  1,000  he  shall  receive  the  sum  of  four  dollars  per 
day  for  a  number  of  days  not  to  exceed  200  in  any  one  year. 
In  counties  having  a  school  population  of  1,000  to  1,500  he 
shall  receive  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  in 
counties  containing  more  than  1,500  persons  of  school  age, 
exclusive  of  those  in  cities  of  the  first  and  second  class,  he  shall 
receive  twelve  hundred  dollars  and  twenty  dollars  per  annum 
for  each  100  persons  of  school  age  in  excess  of  said  1,500,  up  to 
the  sum  of  sixteen  hundred  dollars :  Provided,  that  in  counties 
of  45,000  or  more  population  the  salary  of  the  county  superin- 
tendent shall  be  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum:  Provided 
further,  that  if  the  county  superintendent  shall  fail  to  spend  at 
least  one  hour  in  each  schoolroom  each  school  year,  so  as  to 
observe  for  at  least  one  hour  the  work  of  each  teacher  under 
his  supervision,  the  county  commissioners  may  deduct  from  the 
last  quarterly  installment  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  each  de- 
linquency. The  county  commissioners  shall  allow  county  su- 
perintendents having  under  their  jurisdiction  more  than  100 
and  not  more  than  200  teachers  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars 
per  annum  for  clerk  hire,  and  for  more  than  two  hundred 
teachers  the  sum  of  six  hundred  dollars  per  annum  for  clerk 


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hire.  The  county  superintendent  shall  be  entitled  to  all  money 
actually  expended  for  stationery,  postage,  freight  and  express. 
All  money  paid  out  of  the  county  treasury  for  this  purpose 
shall  be  out  of  the  general  fund  of  the  county.  That  the  county 
superintendents  of  the  several  counties  in  the  state  of  Kansas 
shall  receive  the  sum  of  two  dollars  per  teacher  per  annum  as 
traveling  expenses  in  visiting  said  schools:  Provided,  in  no 
case  shall  any  county  superintendent  receive  traveling  expenses 
for  schools  not  visited. 

SEC.  2.  Section  1  of  chapter  191,  Laws  of  1917,  is  hereby 
repealed. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  the  second  Monday  in  May,  1919,  and  after  its  publication 
in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  28,  1919. 


CHAPTER  205. 

COMPENSATION  OF  ASSISTANTS,  DEPUTIES,  CLERKS  AND 
OTHER  PERSONS  EMPLOYED  IN  COUNTY  OFFICES  IN  CER- 
TAIN COUNTIES. 

Senate  bill  No.   169. 

AN  ACT  providing  for  the  compensation  of  necessary  assistants,  depu- 
ties, clerks  and  persons  employed  in  certain  county  offices  in  counties 
having  more  than  sixty  thousand  and  less  than  eighty  thousand  in- 
habitants and  property  of  an  assessed  valuation  of  more  than  ninety- 
five  million  dollars,  and  repealing  all  acts  in  conflict  with  the  pro- 
visions hereof. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  in  each  county  of  this  state  in  which  there 
are  more  than  sixty  thousand  and  less  than  eighty  thousand 
inhabitants  and  property  of  more  than  ninety-five  million  dol- 
lars' assessed  valuation,  and  less  than  one  hundred  and  ten 
million  dollars,  the  board  of  county  commissioners  shall  allow 
for  the  compensation  of  the  assistants,  deputies,  clerks  or  per- 
sons necessarily  employed  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of 
each  of  the  county  offices  hereinafter  named,  the  amounts  in 
this  act  provided,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  as 
determined  by  the  officer  charged  with  the  duty  of  administer- 
ing such  office,  as  follows,  namely : 

For  the  office  of  county  clerk  the  sum  of  forty-five  hundred 
dollars  per  annum.  For  the  office  of  county  treasurer  the  sum 
of  forty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  For  the  office  of 
sheriff  the  sum  of  forty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  For 
the  office  of  probate  judge  and  the  employment  of  a  clerk  in  the 
juvenile  court  the  sum  of  thirty-six  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 


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For  the  office  of  clerk  of  the  district  court  the  sum  of  thirty- 
four  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  For  the  office  of  register  of 
deeds  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  For 
the  office  of  county  attorney  the  sum  of  forty-two  hundred  and 
sixty  dollars  per  annum.  For  the  office  of  county  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  seven  hundred  and  twenty  dollars 
per  annum.  That  the  probation  officers  of  the  juvenile  court 
shall  receive  a  sum  to  be  fixed  by  the  court  but  not  exceeding 
four  dollars  per  day  for  services  actually  performed.  That  the 
county  auditor  shall  receive  as  full  compensation  for  his  serv- 
ices the  sum  of  eighteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum  payable 
out  of  the  county  treasury  in  monthly  installments. 

Each  of  the  assistants,  deputies,  clerks  and  persons  em- 
ployed in  the  county  offices  mentioned  in  this  section  shall  be 
paid  monthly  upon  sworn  vouchers  approved  by  the  head  of 
the  department  in  which  such  person  is  employed  in  the  same 
manner  in  which  the  salaries  of  county  officers  are  paid. 

SEC.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  or  in  conflict 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  19,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  April  4,  1919. 


CHAPTER  256. 

RELATING  TO  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  AND  THE 
PERSONNEL  OF  SAID  BOARD,  THEIR  POWERS  AND  DUTIES; 
AUTHORIZING  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  CERTAIN  ASSIST- 
ANTS AND  THE  PAYMENT  OF  PER  DIEM,  SALARIES  AND 
MILEAGE. 

Senate  bill  No.   399. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  State  Board  of  Education,  amending  sections 
8871,  8873  and  8876  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915,  and 
repealing  original  sections  8871,  8873  and  8876. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  8871  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
Kansas  for  1915  is  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  8871. 
That  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  be  composed  of  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction,  who  shall  be  ex 
officio  chairman;  the  chancellor  of  the  State  University;  the 
president  of  the  State  Agricultural  College ;  the  president  of  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Empbria;  the  president  of  the  State 
Manual  Training  Normal  School  at  Pittsburg;  the  president 
of  the  Fort  Hays  Normal  School  at  Hays,  and  two  county  or 
city  superintendents  of  public  instruction ;  and  a  county  super- 


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intendent  of  public  instruction  to  be  appointed  by  the  governor 
on  the  first  Monday  in  April,  1919,  for  a  period  of  two  years, 
and  each  and  every  two  years  thereafter,  from  any  county  in 
which  none  of  the  foregoing  institutions  may  be  located.  Each 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  receive  all  neces- 
sary and  actual  traveling  expenses  incurred  in  attending  the 
meetings  of  the  board  and  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  re- 
quired by  law,  and  in  addition  thereto  each  appointed  member 
shall  receive  as  full  compensation  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per 
day  for  each  day's  actual  service  not  exceeding  ten  days  in  any 
one  year. 

SEC.  2.  That  section  8873  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas 
for  1915  is  amended  to  read  as  follows :  Sec.  8873.  At  a  meet- 
ing called  by  the  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
during  the  month  of  April,  1919,  the  State  Board  of  Education 
shall  elect  a  secretary,  not  a  member  of  the  board,  who  shall  be 
an  expert  in  education,  a  graduate  of  a  four-year  course  of 
study  of  a  university,  college,  normal  school,  or  institution  of 
like  rank,  and  who  shall  have  had  not  less  than  five  years  of 
experience  in  educational  work  as  superintendent  or  supervisor. 
The  secretary  first  elected  under  this  act  shall  serve  from  the 
first  day  of  July,  1919,  until  the  first  day  of  July,  1923 ;  and 
thereafter  the  secretary  of  the  board  shall  serve  for  a  term  of 
four  years  and  until  his  successor  is  elected,  unless  removed  by 
the  board  for  cause ;  and  the  regular  election  of  secretary  shall 
be  held  during  the  month  of  April  next  preceding  the  date  of  the 
expiration  of  the  term  of  office.  The  secretary  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  be  subject  to  the  direction  of  the  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction.  He  shall  serve  as  in- 
spector of  colleges  and  universities  accredited  by  the  state 
board  and  shall  have  charge  of  all  matters  relating  to  state 
teachers'  certificates,  and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be 
required  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  or  the  state  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction,  and  he  shall  receive  a  salary  of 
two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  The  state  su- 
perintendent of  public  instruction  may  employ  a  stenographer, 
who  shall  serve  as  a  stenographer  to  the  State  Board  of  Edu- 
cation during  its  meetings  and  in  addition  do  such  other  work 
as  may  be  directed  by  the  state  superintendent,  who  shall  re- 
ceive a  salary  of  $1,200  per  annum. 

SEC.  3.  That  section  8876  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas 
for  1915  is  amended  to  read  as  follows :  Sec.  8876.  That  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  may  appoint  assist- 
ants not  exceeding  four  in  number,  who  shall  serve  as  super- 
visors of  the  public  schools  of  the  state,  including  rural,  graded 
and  high  schools.  Said  assistants  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  may  be  required  by  the  state  superintendent;  and 
these  assistants  shall  be  allowed  actual  and  necessary  traveling 
expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  duties,  and  shall 


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receive  a  salary  fixed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education  not  ex- 
ceeding $2,000  per  annum:  Provided,  that  no  state  funds  ex- 
cept as  herein  provided  shall  be  expended  for  the  purpose  of 
visitation  of  rural,  graded  and  high  schools. 

SEC.  4.  That  original  sections  8871,  8873  and  8876  of  the 
General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  5.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  -state  paper  March  28,  1919. 


CHAPTER  257. 

PROVIDING  FOR  THE  EXCLUSIVE  USE  OF  THE  ENGLISH 
LANGUAGE  IN  ALL  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOLS. 

House  bill  No.  3. 

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  instruction  in  public,  private  and  parochial  schools, 
and  providing  for  the  enforcement  thereof. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  All  elementary  schools  in  this  state,  whether 
public,  private  or  parochial,  shall  use  the  English  language 
exclusively  as  the  medium  of  instruction. 

SEC.  2.  All  schools,  public,  private,  or  parochial,  shall  pro- 
vide and  give  a  complete  course  of  instruction  to  all  pupils,  in 
civil  government,  and  United  States  history,  and  in  patriotism 
and  the  duties  of  a  citizen,  suitable  to  the  elementary  grades. 

SEC.  3.  The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  have  the  power 
of  visitation  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  complied 
with,  and  if  it  be  found  that  any  provision  of  this  act  is  being 
violated,  the  state  board  shall  order  such  school  forthwith  to 
comply  with  this  act,  and  if  such  order  be  not  complied  with 
within  thirty  days  after  such  order,  excluding  vacation  periods, 
then  the  state  board  shall  be  authorized  to  order  such  school 
to  be  closed,  and  the  county  attorney  of  the  county,  where  such 
school  is  located,  or  the  attorney  general  of  the  state  of  Kan- 
sas, at  the  election  of  the  State  Board  of  Education,  shall  en- 
force the  orders  of  the  board  by  action  in  the  name  of  the  state 
on  his  relation  or  the  relation  of  such  board  of  education. 

SEC.  4.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  and  effect  from  and  after 
its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  13,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  258. 

SCHOOL  AGE  IN  DISTRICT  SCHOOLS;  DISTRICT  SCHOOLS  TO 
BE  FREE  AND  ACCESSIBLE  TO  ALL  CHILDREN  RESIDENT 
THEREIN. 

House  bill  No.   79. 

AN  ACT  concerning  school  age  in  district  schools;  and  to  repeal  section 
8988  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  the  district  schools  established  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  at  all  times  be  equally  free  and  ac^ 
cessible  to  all  the  children  resident  therein  over  six  and  under 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  subject  to  such  regulations  as  the 
district  board  in  each  district  may  prescribe :  Provided,  that 
any  child  who  will  attain  the  age  of  six  years  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  January  of  any  school  year  shall  be  entitled  to  enter 
school  at  the  beginning  of  such  school  year :  Provided  further, 
that  in  districts  maintaining  a  free  kindergarten  in  connection 
with  the  public  schools  the  school  age  shall  be  over  four  and 
under  twenty-one  years  to  all  children  resident  in  such  dis- 
tricts. 

SEC.  2.  That  section  8988  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
Kansas  for  1915  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  11,  1919. 


CHAPTER  259. 
CERTIFICATION   OF  TEACHERS   OF  THE   PUBLIC   SCHOOLS. 

Senate  bill  No.  489. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  certification  of  teachers  of  the  public  schools, 
supplementing  sections  8995  and  9000  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kan- 
sas for  1915,  amending  section  8998  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas 
for  1915,  and  repealing  said  original  section  8998  of  the  General  Stat- 
utes of  Kansas  for  1915. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  to  any  person  to  whom  a  three-year  cer- 
tificate shall  have  been  issued  in  accordance  with  section  8995 
of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915,  the  State  Board  of 
Education  shall  issue  a  permanent  certificate  valid  for  teach- 
ing in  any  school  in  which  the  original  three-year  certificate 
was  valid:  Provided,  that  such  person  shall  have  been  suc- 
cessfully and  continuously  engaged  either  in  teaching  in  the 


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grade  or  department  of  school  named  in  the  original  certificate 
or  in  supervising  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of  this  state,  or 
in  both  such  teaching  and  supervising,  for  not  less  than  three 
years:  Provided  further,  that  attendance  at  any  accredited 
normal  school,  college  or  university  for  one  year  during  such 
interval,  for  which  full  credit  is  given  by  such  normal  school, 
college  or  university,  shall  be  allowed  as  equivalent  to  experi- 
ence in  teaching  or  supervising. 

SEC.  2.  That  to  any  person  to  whom  a  three-year  elementary 
certificate  shall  have  been  issued  in  accordance  with  section 
9000  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915,  the  State 
Board  of  Education  shall  issue  a  permanent  certificate  valid 
for  teaching  in  elementary  schools:  Provided,  that  such  per- 
son shall  have  been  successfully  and  continuously  engaged  in 
teaching  in  the  grade  or  department  of  school  named  in  the 
original  certificate,  or  in  supervising  teaching  in  the  public 
schools  of  this  state,  or  in  both  such  supervising  and  teaching, 
for  not  less  than  three  years:  Provided  further,  that  attend- 
ance at  any  accredited  normal  school,  college  or  university  for 
one  year  during  such  interval,  for  which  full  credit  is  given  by 
such  normal  school,  college,  or  university,  shall  be  allowed  as 
equivalent  to  experience  in  teaching  or  supervising. 

SEC.  3.  That  to  any  person  who  at  the  time  when  this  act 
shall  take  effect  shall  have  been  successfully  employed  for  not 
less  than  three  years  in  this  state  as  a  teacher  in  any  high 
school,  deemed  to  have  been  such  by  the  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, or  successfully  and  continuously  engaged  either  in  teach- 
ing in  such  high  school,  or  in  supervising  as  county  superin- 
tendent in  the  public  schools  of  this  state,  or  in  both  such  teach- 
ing and  superintending,  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  five  years, 
and  who  during  such  employment  shall  have  held  a  valid 
teacher's  certificate,  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  issue 
a  certificate  valid  for  teaching  in  such  high  school  and  in  no 
other  school  or  department  for  life. 

SEC.  4.  That  section  8998  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kan- 
sas for  1915  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  Sec. 
8998.  Special  certificates  may  be  issued  by  the  State  Board  of 
Education  to  persons  who  by  examination  or  otherwise  may 
show  satisfactory  evidence  of  their  qualifications  as  teachers 
of  kindergartens,  manual  training,  domestic  science,  domestic 
art,  agriculture,  commercial  branches,  physical  training, 
music,  drawing  and  such  other  highly  specialized  subjects  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  state  board.  Such  certificates  shall 
be  valid  in  any  public  school  of  the  state  for  teaching  in  the 
department  or  subject  specified  in  the  certificate  and  in  no 
other  department  or  subject  than  those  thus  specified,  for  three 
years,  and  may  be  renewed  successively  for  three-year  periods 
on  conditions  prescribed  by  the  State  Board  of  Education. 


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SEC.  5.  That  original  section  8998  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  Kansas  for  1915  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  6.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  April  7,  1919. 


CHAPTER  260. 

PROVIDING    FOR    THE    DISSOLUTION    OF    UNION    SCHOOL 

DISTRICTS. 

House  bill  No.    561. 

AN  ACT  providing  for  the  dissolution  of  union  school  districts. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  whenever  two  or  more  school  districts 
have  united  to  form  a  union  school  district  under  the  provi- 
sions of  section  9048  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915,  and  when 
there  is  established  and  maintained  in  one  of  the  original  dis- 
tricts composing  said  union  district  a  high  school  under  the 
act  commonly  known  as  the  Barnes  high  school  act,  said  union 
district  may  be  dissolved  in  the  following  manner:  Upon  a 
written  petition  of  twenty-five  percent  of  the  voters  of  every 
original  district  comprising  such  union  school  district  asking 
that  said  district  be  disorganized  as  herein  provided,  the  clerk 
of  said  union  school  district  shall  post  printed  notices  such  as 
are  now  required  by  law  for  school  district  meetings,  calling  a 
school  district  meeting  of  such  union  district  at  the  school 
house  of  said  district  for  the  purpose  of  voting  upon  the  propo- 
sition of  disorganization  of  said  union  district  as  stated  in  said 
notices.  In  any  school  district  voting  on  the  proposition,  a 
majority  of  the  votes  cast  shall  be  sufficient  to  carry  the  propo- 
sition. The  vote  at  such  school  meeting  shall  be  by  ballot, 
which  shall  read  "For  disorganization"  or  "Against  disorgani- 
zation." Upon  such  proposition  being  carried,  the  clerk  of  said 
school  district  shall  thereupon,  in  writing,  notify  the  county 
superintendent  of  such  action.  Upon  receiving  such  notice,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superintendent  to  make  an 
order  dissolving  said  union  district  and  to  file  said  order  with 
the  county  clerk,  and  the  county  superintendent  shall  publish 
in  the  official  county  paper  for  three  consecutive  weeks  a  notice 
of  such  dissolution  and  of  the  order  by  him,  which  publication 
notice  shall  be  completed  not  less  than  sixty  days  after  the  re- 
ceipt by  the  county  superintendent  of  the  notice  from  the 
clerk  of  said  union  district  as  herein  provided,  and  upon  the 
completion  of  said  notice  and  the  filing  of  proof  of  publication, 
the  said  district  shall  be  disorganized  and  dissolved,  and  the 


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districts  composing  said  union  district  shall  be  and  become 
separate  school  districts,  with  their  boundaries  remaining  the 
same  as  they  were  at  the  time  of  the  original  consolidation  of 
said  districts  into  a  union  district. 

SEC.  2.  Upon  the  disorganization  of  said  union  school  dis- 
trict, the  school  property  owned  by  the  various  districts  com- 
posing said  union  district  at  the  time  of  the  organization  of 
said  union  district  shall  become  and  be  the  property  of  the 
district  originally  owning  such  property,  and  any  property  ob- 
tained and  owned  by  such  union  district  since  its  organization 
shall  upon  such  dissolution  be  divided  among  the  various  school 
districts  in  proportion  to  the  assessed  valuation  of  such 
districts. 

SEC.  3.  Such  division  shall  be  made  by  the  county  superin- 
tendent, and  if  he  shall  find  it  impossible  to  make  a  division  of 
the  joint  property  in  kind,  then  he  shall  notify  such  districts 
of  such  fact,  and  such  districts  composing  the  original  union 
district  shall  have  an  opportunity  to  bid  for  such  joint  prop- 
erty, and  he  shall  sell  the  same  to  the  school  district  making 
the  highest  bid  therefor :  Provided,  that  if  none  of  the  school 
districts  composing  such  union  district  shall  bid  for  such  joint 
property,  then  said  county  superintendent  shall  cause  the  same 
to  be  sold,  and  shall  divide  the  proceeds  among  the  several 
districts  according  to  the  assessed  valuation  of  such  districts. 

SEC.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  29,  1919. 


CHAPTER  261. 

CONCERNING  THE   PURCHASE  AND  KINDS   OF  BOOKS  FOR 
DISTRICT  LIBRARY. 

Senate  bill  No.   397. 

AN  ACT  concerning  the  purchase  and  kinds  of  books  for  district  libraries, 
amending  section  9058  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915, 
and  repealing  original  section  9058. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  9058  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
Kansas  for  1915  be  amended  to  read  as  follows :  Section  9058. 
That  the  money  so  collected  shall  be  used  under  the  direction 
of  the  board  of  directors  for  the  purchasing  of  a  school-district 
library,  and  for  no  other  purpose;  and  the  district  board,  in 
the  purchase  of  books,  shall  be  confined  to  works  of  arithmetic, 
geography,  history,  literature,  biography,  travels,  science,  and 


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two  monthly  school  journals,  one  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  pri- 
mary classes  and  the  other  the  more  advanced  and  general 
needs. 

SEC.  2.  That  original  section  9058  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  Kansas  for  1915  is  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  19,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  22,  1919. 


CHAPTER  262. 

RELATING  TO  THE  ISSUING  OF  BONDS  BY  BOARDS  OF  EDU- 
CATION IN  CITIES  OF  THE  FIRST  CLASS. 

House  bill  No.   63. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  issuing  of  bonds  by  boards  of  education  in  cities 
of  the  first  class,  limiting  the  amount  of  bonds  which  may  be  issued  by 
said  boards,  amending  chapter  268  of  the  Laws  of  1917  and  repealing 
said  original  chapter  268. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas : 

SECTION  1.  That  section  1  of  chapter  268  of  the  Laws  of  1917 
is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  Section  1.  That  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor  of  such  city  of  the  first  class 
within  thirty  days  after  receiving  a  certified  copy  of  the  action 
of  the  board  of  education  showing  the  necessity  and  giving  a 
statement  of  the  estimated  cost  of  such  school  sites,  repairs, 
additions,  building  or  buildings,  signed  by  the  clerk  and  coun- 
tersigned by  the  president  of  the  board,  to  issue  a  proclamation 
for  holding  an  election  to  vote  bonds  to  the  amount  prayed  for 
by  the  board ;  and  no  bonds  shall  be  issued  unless  a  majority 
voting  at  such  election  shall  vote  therefor ;  nor  shall  the  entire 
amount  of  such  school  bonds  issued  exceed  in  the  aggregate, 
including  existing  indebtedness,  two  and  one-half  percent  of 
the  valuation  of  taxable  property  of  such  city  as  ascertained  by 
the  last  assessment  for  state  and  county  purposes  previous  to 
incurring  the  proposed  indebtedness.  Any  member  of  a  board 
of  education  or  officer  thereof  who  shall  vote  for,  counsel,  con- 
sent to  or  in  any  wise  assist  in  the  issue  of  any  bond  or  bonds  in 
excess  of  the  per  centum  herein  authorized  shall  be  liable  jointly 
and  severally  to  the  holder  of  any  such  bonds  for  the  amount 
due  thereon,  to  be  recovered  in  a  civil  action  in  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction ;  and  judgment  thereon  may  be  collected 
and  enforced  in  the  same  manner  as  other  judgments  are  col- 
lected and  enforced. 

SEC.  2.  That  chapter  268  of  the  Laws  of  1917  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed. 


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SEC.  3.   That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  February  27,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  February  28,  1919. 


CHAPTER  263. 
FREE  DENTAL  INSPECTION  IN  THE  PUBLIC   SCHOOLS. 

House  bill  No.   323. 

AN  ACT  to  create  and  maintain  free  dental  inspection  in  the  public 
schools  in  the  state  of  Kansas,  amending  sections  9099,  9100  and  9101 
of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915  and  repealing  said  original  sections. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  9099  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
1915  be  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  9099.  That  the 
boards  of  education  of  cities  of  the  first  and  second  class  and 
school  boards  of  school  districts  are  hereby  required  to  pro- 
vide for  free  dental  inspection  annually  for  all  children,  except 
those  who  hold  a  certificate  from  a  legally  qualified  dentist 
showing  that  this  examination  has  been  made  within  three 
months  last  past,  attending  such  schools. 

SEC.  2.  That  section  9100  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915 
be  amended  to  read  as  follows :  Sec.  9100.  That  said  boards 
of  education  and  district  boards  of  each  school  shall  pro- 
vide a  place  of  inspection  and  designate  some  competent, 
licensed  dentist  or  dentists  to  make  such  inspection,  and  such 
boards  of  education  and  district  boards  may  fix  a  compensa- 
tion for  such  services,  which  sum  may  be  paid  out  of  the 
school  fund  of  each  school  for  the  services  rendered  therein, 
and  said  boards  of  education  for  their  respective  cities  and  the 
county  superintendent  of  public  instruction  for  school  districts 
are  hereby  authorized  to  make  all  necessary  rules  and  regula- 
tions for  the  proper  conduct  of  such  inspection  and  carrying 
into  effect  all  of  section  1  of  this  act,  and  furnish  all  necessary 
forms  and  blanks  for  the  reports  of  such  inspection. 

SEC.  3.  That  section  9101  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915 
be  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  9101.  That  certificate 
of  the  result  of  such  inspection,  together  with  suggestions  of 
requirements  for  the  curing  of  any  defects  found  shall  be  made 
by  the  party  making  such  inspection,  in  duplicate,  one  copy  of 
same  to  be  furnished  to  the  child  examined,  the  other  to  be 
filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  school  board  to  which  said  child  be- 
longs :  Provided,  however,  that  no  work  other  than  the  inspec- 
tion and  report  shall  be  performed  by  examining  dentist  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  parents  or  guardian  of  the  child. 


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SEC.  4.  That  sections  9099,  9100  and  9101  of  the  General 
Statutes  of  1915  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  enforced  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 


CHAPTER  264. 

LIMITING   BONDED   INDEBTEDNESS   OF   BOARDS   OF    EDUCA- 
TION  IN   CITIES   OF   THE    SECOND   CLASS. 

House  bill   No.   260. 

AN  ACT  limiting  the  bonded  indebtedness  of  boards  of  education  of  cities 
of  the  second  class  and  amending  section  1  of  chapter  272  of  the 
Session  Laws  of  Kansas,  1917. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  1  of  chapter  272  of  the  Session 
Laws  of  1917  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  Section  1. 
That  whenever  it  shall  become  necessary  for  the  board  of 
education  of  any  city  of  the  second  class  to  provide  funds  for 
the  purchase  of  a  school  site  or  sites,  or  to  erect  a  suitable 
building  or  buildings  thereon,  or  to  equip  and  furnish  the 
same,  or  to  fund  any  bonded  indebtedness  or  any  floating  in- 
debtedness which  may  at  the  present  exist  in  the  public  schools 
of  said  cities  of  the  second  class,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  board 
of  education  of  any  such  city  of  the  second  class,  to  borrow 
money,  for  such  purposes;  and  for  such  purpose  or  purposes 
the  said  board  of  education  is  hereby  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  issue  bonds  bearing  a  rate  of  interest  not  exceeding 
five  per  cent  per  annum,  payable  annually  or  semi-annually  at 
such  time  and  place  as  may  be  mentioned  on  the  face  of  the 
bonds,  which  shall  be  payable  in  not  more  than  twenty  years 
from  their  date,  and  the  board  of  education  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  empowered  to  sell  such  bonds  at  not  less  than  their 
par  value:  Provided,  that  no  such  bonds  except  refunding 
bonds  shall  be  issued  until  the  question  of  issuing  the  same 
shall  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  the  people,  and  a  majority  of 
the  qualified  electors  who  shall  vote  on  the  question  at  any 
election  called  for  that  purpose  shall  have  declared  by  their 
votes  in  favor  of  issuing  bonds:  Provided  further,  that  the 
total  indebtedness  of  the  said  board  of  education  shall  not 
thereby  be  increased  to  an  amount  exceeding  two  and  [one-]  * 
one-half  per  cent  of  the  authorized  valuation  of  the  territory 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  said  board  of  education:  Provided 
further,  that  the  boards  of  education  of  cities  of  the  second 

*  NOTE. — Original  bill  reads  "two  and  one-half  percent." 
3 — Instruction — 6603 


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class  may  issue  bonds  at  any  time  without  such  election  to  pay 
outstanding  warrants  or  floating  indebtedness  which  may  exist 
at  the  passage  of  this  act ;  and  such  boards  of  education  may 
issue  at  any  time  a  bond  for  a  sum  not  greater  than  ten  hun- 
dred dollars  to  raise  money  to  pay  for  needful  repairs  on 
school  buildings  or  heating  plants  for  the  public  school  build- 
ings, if  the  state  school  superintendent  shall  approve  in  writ- 
ing such  issue  of  bonds  for  floating  indebtedness  and  for  the 
purposes  in  the  above  provisio  [proviso]  :  Provided,  it  shall 
not  at  any  time  exceed  an  aggregate  amount  of  the  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars:  Provided  further,  that  the  right  granted 
herein  to  boards  of  education  to  issue  bonds  without  such  elec- 
tion shall  not  be  construed  to  authorize  an  issue  of  bonds  which, 
with  those  of  the  same  kind  already  outstanding,  shall  exceed 
one-half  of  one  per  cent  of  the  assessment  for  taxation,  as 
shown  by  the  last  finding  and  determination  of  the  proper 
board  of  education :  Provided  further,  that  where  bonds  have 
been  voted  at  the  time  of  the  passage  hereof,  the  funds  derived 
from  the  sale  of  such  bonds  shall  be  available  for  any  and  all  of 
the  purposes  herein  above  set  forth. 

SEC.  2.  That  section  1  of  chapter  272  of  the  Session  Laws 
of  Kansas,  1917,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  February  27,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  4,  1919. 


CHAPTER  265. 

APPORTIONMENT  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF  FUNDS  OF  HIGH 
SCHOOLS  IN  CERTAIN  COUNTIES;  COUNTY  COMMISSION- 
ERS LEVY  TAX. 

House  bill  No.   33.2. 

AN  ACT  amending  section  2,  chapter  281,  Laws  of  1917,  relating  to  dis- 
tribution of  county  high  school  tax,  and  repealing  said  original  section 
2  and  section  3  of  said  chapter. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  Section  2  of  chapter  281,  Laws  of  1917,  be 
amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  2.  That  each  high  school 
entitled  to  participate  in  the  funds  produced  by  the  tax  pro- 
vided for  in  section  1,  chapter  281,  Laws  of  1917,  shall  receive 
the  same  in  proportion  to  the  total  number  of  days  of  actual 
attendance  of  all  pupils  in  the  high  schools  of  said  city  and 
districts  during  school  year  immediately  preceding  said  pay- 
ment, which  attendance  of  said  pupils  shall  be  certified  to  the 
county  treasurer  by  the  county  superintendent  of  public  in- 


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struction ;  and  said  county  treasurer  shall  pay  such  proportion 
of  such  fund  to  the  respective  treasurers  of  boards  of  educa- 
tion and  school  districts  and  rural  high  school  districts  as 
are  entitled  to  participate  in  said  fund. 

SEC.  2.  That  sections  2  and  3  of  chapter  281  of  the  Laws 
of  1917  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  publica- 
tion in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 


CHAPTER  266. 

LEVY   OF    TAX   AND    DISTRIBUTION    THEREOF    IN   JOINT 
SCHOOL   DISTRICTS   MAINTAINING   HIGH    SCHOOLS. 

Senate  bill  No.  539. 

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  the  levy  of  tax  and  distribution  thereof  in  certain 
school  districts  under  chapter  397  of  the  Laws  of  1905  and  its  amend- 
ments, and  repealing  and  amending  section  4  of  chapter  281  of  the 
Laws  of  1917. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  4  of  chapter  281  of  the  Laws  of 
1917  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  Sec.  4.  Whenever  any 
high  school  to  which  this  act  shall  apply  shall  be  maintained  in 
any  joint  school  district  or  in  any  rural  high  school  district 
lying  partly  in  two  or  more  counties  in  each  of  which  the  pro- 
visions of  chapter  397  of  the  Laws  of  1905  and  amendments 
thereto  shall  be  in  force,  the  cpunty  superintendent  having 
jurisdiction  over  such  joint  school  districts,  or  the  county 
superintendent  of  the  county  in  which  such  rural  high  school 
is  located,  shall  apportion  the  number  of  teachers  employed  in 
said  high  school  to  the  several  counties  in  which  any  part  of 
said  joint  school  district  or  said  rural  high  school  district  shall 
lie,  in  the  proportion  which  the  number  of  days  of  attendance 
in  said  high  school  of  the  pupils  residing  in  each  county  shall 
bear  to  the  total  number  of  days  of  attendance  in  said  high 
school  during  the  school  year  preceding  the  levy  of  the  tax  pro- 
vided for  in  section  1  of  this  act,  and  said  county  superinten- 
dent shall  report  said  apportionment  to  the  county  superin- 
tendents of  the  several  counties  in  which  any  part  of  said 
joint  school  district  or  said  rural  high  school  district  shall  lie, 
and  said  county  superintendents  shall  certify  the  same  to  the 
county  commissioners  of  their  respective  counties.  Whenever 
any  high  school,  meeting  the  requirements  of  chapter  397  of 
the  Session  Laws  of  1905  and  its  amendments,  shall  be  main- 
tained in  any  joint  school  district  or  in  any  rural  high  school 


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district,  any  part  of  which  district  shall  lie  in  any  county  in 
which  the  provisions  of  chapter  397  of  the  Laws  of  1905  and 
amendments  thereto  shall  be  in  force  and  part  in  a  county  in 
which  said  law  is  not  in  force,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county 
superintendent  having  jurisdiction  over  said  joint  school  dis- 
trict or  rural  high  school  district  to  make  an  equitable  ap- 
portionment of  the  teachers  employed  based  on  the  attend- 
ance of  the  pupils  residing  in  the  county  in  which  said 
chapter  397  is  in  force,  and  he  shall  on  or  before  July  25  in 
each  year  certify  the  same  to  the  county  superintendent  of 
the  county  in  which  chapter  397  of  the  Laws  of  1905  and 
the  amendments  thereto  is  in  force,  together  with  a  state- 
ment of  the  total  number  of  days  of  actual  attendance  of 
pupils  in  such  high  school  residing  in  such  county  during 
the  school  year  immediately  preceding,  and  said  county  super- 
intendent shall  certify  said  number  of  teachers  so  appor- 
tioned to  the  board  of  commissioners  of  his  county,  and  there- 
upon such  number  of  teachers  shall  be  included  in  the  compu- 
tation of  the  tax  to  be  raised  as  provided  in  section  1  of  chapter 
281  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  and  shall  certify  such  attendance  of 
pupils  to  the  county  treasurer  of  his  county,  who  shall  disburse 
the  fund  produced  by  the  tax  levied  under  the  provisions  of 
section  1  of  chapter  281  of  the  Laws  of  1917  to  the  treasurer 
of  such  joint  school  districts  or  rural  high  school  district  in 
proportion  as  provided  in  sections  2  and  3  of  the  said  chapter 
281  of  the  Laws  of  1917. 

SEC.  2.    Said  original  section  4  of  chapter  281,  Laws  of  1917, 
is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.    This  act  shall  take  effect  on  its  publication  in  the 
statute  book. 

Approved  March  14,  1919. 


CHAPTER  267. 

RELATING  TO  HIGH  SCHOOLS  RECEIVING  COUNTY  AID,  AND 
TO  HIGH  SCHOOLS  IN  A  RELOCATED  COUNTY  SEAT. 

House  bill  No.  582. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  high  schools  receiving  county  aid,  amending  section 
9338  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915  and  repealing  said  original  sec- 
tion 9338. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  9338  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
Kansas  of  1915  is  amended  to  read  as  follows :  Sec.  9338.  No 
high  school  as  herein  provided  for  shall  be  eligible  for  such  aid 
except  upon  a  petition  to  the  county  superintendent  and  county 
commissioners  of  the  county  in  which  such  school  or  schools 
are  sought  to  be  aided,  signed  by  a  majority  of  the  school 


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electors  of  the  county  in  which  the  school  is  sought  to  be  aided : 
Provided,  that  in  counties  having  a  population  of  less  than 
2,000  and  where  only  one  high  school  located  at  the  county  seat 
is  receiving  aid  under  the  provisions  of  chapter  263  of  the 
Session  Laws  of  1911,  or  the  provisions  of  said  chapter  as 
amended,  then  in  the  event  such  county  seat  is  relocated  as 
provided  by  law  the  aid  hereinbefore  provided  may  be  ex- 
tended by  the  board  of  county  commissioners  and  the  county 
superintendent  to  the  high  school  of  the  district  to  which  the 
county  seat  is  relocated  without  the  necessity  of  a  petition  as 
hereinbefore  provided  for :  And  provided  further,  that  there- 
after no  aid  shall  be  extended  to  the  high  school  in  the  district 
from  which  the  county  seat  is  removed,  unless  there  be  a  peti- 
tion presented  to  the  county  commissioners  and  county  super- 
intendent signed  by  a  majority  of  the  school  electors  of  said 
county  asking  that  such  aid  be  given  to  the  high  school  of  the 
district  from  which  the  county  seat  has  been  removed. 

SEC.  2.  That  original  section  9338  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  1915,  and  all  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  11,  1919. 


CHAPTER  268. 

ISSUANCE    OF    BONDS    AND    ERECTION    OF    BUILDINGS    FOR 
HIGH  SCHOOL  PURPOSES   IN  COUNTIES. 

Senate  bill  No.    122. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  high  schools  in  certain  counties  and  authorizing  the 
issuance  of  bonds;  amending  sections  1  and  2  of  chapter  282  of  the 
Session  Laws  of  Kansas  for  1917,  and  repealing  said  original  sections 
1  and  2  of  chapter  282. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  1  of  chapter  282  of  the  Session 
Laws  of  Kansas  for  1917  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended 
to  read  as  follows :  Section  1.  That  any  county  in  which  a 
county  high  school  has  heretofore  been,  or  may  hereafter  be, 
established  under  the  authority  of  the  provisions  of  chapter  147 
of  the  Laws  of  Kansas  for  1886,  and  all  acts  amendatory  there- 
of and  supplementary  thereto,  or  any  county  in  which  a  county 
high  school  has  heretofore  been  established  by  authority  of  any 
special  law,  shall  have  authority  to  issue  bonds  of  the  county  for 
the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  site  and  erecting,  equipping  and 
f urnLhimj  buildings  for  such  high  school,  or  to  erect  additional 
buildings  or  additions  to  high  school  buildings,  when  the  build- 


38  Laws  Relating  to  Education. 

ings  of  any  such  high  school  shall  become  inadequate  or  insuf- 
ficient for  the  needs  of  such  school,  in  the  manner  as  herein 
provided. 

SEC.  2.  That  section  2  of  chapter  282  of  the  Session  Laws 
of  Kansas  for  1917  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to 
read  as  follows :  Sec.  2.  Whenever  one-third  of  the  num- 
ber of  electors,  as  shown  by  the  vote  for  secretary  of  state  at 
the  next  preceding  election  in  any  county  having  a  county  high 
school  organized  under  the  provisions  of  said  chapter  147  of 
the  Laws  of  Kansas  for  1886,  and  all  acts  supplemental  and 
amendatory  thereof,  or  under  the  provisions  of  any  special  law, 
shall  petition  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  such  county 
to  call  an  election  for  the  purpose  of  voting  bonds  for  the  pur- 
chase of  a  site  and  the  erection,  equipping  and  furnishing  of 
buildings,  or  to  build  additions  to  buildings,  or  to  erect  addi- 
tional buildings  for  such  county  high  school,  at  the  place  named 
in  said  petition,  the  said  board  shall  cause  a  twenty-day  notice 
previous  to  the  next  general  election,  or  previous  to  a  special 
election  called  for  the  purpose,  that  they  will  submit  to  the 
electors  of  said  county  the  question  of  issuing  bonds  of  the 
county  in  an  amount  not  exceeding  the  amount  named  in  the 
petition  and  for  the  purpose  therein  stated.  At  said  election 
the  electors  of  the  county  shall  vote  by  ballot  for  or  against  the 
issuance  of  such  bonds,  and  the  notice  of  such  election  shall  be 
given  as  are  all  legal  notices  of  general  or  special  elections 
And  the  ballots  shall  be  canvassed  and  other  proceedings  had  in 
the  same  manner  as  is  provided  in  the  case  of  elections  for  the 
establishment  of  such  county  high  schools  under  the  provisions 
of  chapter  147  of  the  Laws  of  Kansas  for  1886,  and  the  acts 
supplemental  and  amendatory  thereof,  or  under  the  provisions 
of  any  special  law.  If  a  majority  of  all  votes  cast  upon  the 
question  of  issuing  bonds  as  aforesaid  shall  be  in  favor  of  the 
issuance  of  such  bonds,  the  county  commissioners  shall  issue 
and  deliver  to  the  board  of  trustees  of  such  county  high  school, 
such  bonds  or  such  portion  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  to  pay 
for  the  purchase  of  such  site  and  erection,  equipping  and  fur- 
nishing of  such  buildings,  or  for  the  building  of  additions  or 
additional  buildings  in  accordance  with  contracts  that  may  be 
entered  into  by  said  trustees  under  the  provisions  and  authority 
of  s  \id  chapter  147  of  the  Laws  of  1886,  and  acts  supplemental 
and  amendatory  thereto,  or  under  authority  of  any  special  law 
by  virtue  of  which  any  county  high  school  has  heretofore  been 
organized. 

SEC.  3.  That  sections  1  and  2  of  chapter  282  of  the  Session 
Laws  of  Kansas  for  1917  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  5,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  10,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  269. 

STATE    SCHOOL   BOOK   COMMISSION    CREATED;    REPLACES 
SCHOOL  TEXTBOOK  COMMISSION;  POWERS  AND  DUTIES. 

Senate  bill  No.   9. 

AN  ACT  amending  section  9366,  General  Statutes  of  1915,  relating  to 
State  School  Book  Commission  and  repealing  said  original  section. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  9366,  General  Statutes  of  1915,  be 
and  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows :  Sec.  9366.  For  the 
purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this  act,  there  is 
hereby  created  a  State  School  Book  Commission  consisting  of 
seven  members  which  shall  be  composed  of  the  state  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction,  the  president  of  the  State  Normal 
School,  the  president  of  the  State  Agricultural  College,  the  state 
printer,  a  person  elected  by  the  members  of  the  State  Board  of 
Agriculture  from  their  own  membership,  for  a  term  of  two 
years,  and  two  other  persons  to  be  appointed  by  the  governor 
for  a  term  of  two  years  from  April  1,  1919.  The  commission 
thus  created  shall  perform  the  duties  and  exercise  the  power 
granted  in  this  act  and  shall  have  all  the  power  and  authority 
heretofore  belonging  to  the  School  Textbook  Commission,  ex- 
cept so  far  as  these  duties  are  modified  by  the  provisions  of 
this  act.  The  members  of  the  commission  shall  take  an  oath  of 
office,  the  form  of  which  shall  be  prepared  by  the  attorney- 
general.  Within  twenty  days  after  this  act  shall  take  effect  the 
state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  call  a  meeting 
for  the  purpose  of  effecting  an  organization;  and  thereupon 
all  authority  heretofore  belonging  to  the  School  Textbook  Com- 
mission shall  be  transferred  to  the  State  School  Book  Commis- 
sion, and  the  said  School  Textbook  Commission  shall  cease  to 
exist.  All  contracts  made  by  the  School  Textbook  Commission 
and  in  force  at  the  time  when  this  act  takes  effect  shall  be  en- 
forced by  the  State  School  Book  Commission  created  by  this 
act.  The  commission  shall  have  authority  to  make  its  own 
rules  and  regulations,  and  to  determine  the  method  of  its 
procedure  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  Each 
member  of  said  commission  who  shall,  at  the  time  of  service 
thereon,  be  receiving  a  stated  salary  from  the  state,  shall  not 
be  allowed  per  diem,  but  the  other  members  shall  receive  as 
their  full  compensation  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  each  day's 
actual  service  in  attending  the  meetings  of  the  said  commis- 
sion. And  each  member  shall  receive  all  necessary  and  actual 
traveling  and  hotel  expenses  incurred  in  attending  all  meet- 
ings of  the  commission  and  in  discharge  of  their  duties. 

SEC.  2.     Section  9366,  General  Statutes  of  1915,  and  any 


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other  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act  are  hereby 
repealed. 

SEC.  3.    This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  publi- 
cation in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  27,  1919. 


CHAPTER  270. 

RELATING  TO  SCHOOL  TEXTBOOKS,  THE  SALE  OR  DISPOSAL 
THEREOF  TO  DEALERS  OR  AGENTS  AND  LIMITING  THE 
COMMISSION  TO  BE  ALLOWED. 

Senate  bill  No.   375. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  school  textbooks  and  the  sale  and  disposal  thereof 
through  dealers  and  agents  and  otherwise,  and  amending  section 
9383;  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915,  and  repealing  said  original  sec- 
tion. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  9383;  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
1915  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 
Sec.  9383;?.  Within  thirty  days,  after  the  issuing  of  the  procla- 
mation by  the  governor  of  this  state  provided  for  in  this  act, 
any  person,  persons,  company  or  corporation  having  contracted 
for  the  furnishing  of  school  textbooks  to  the  people  of  this 
state,  for  use  in  the  public  schools  thereof,  shall  arrange  with 
at  least  one  dealer  or  agent  at  the  county  seat  in  each  county 
of  this  state,  and  in  each  city  of  the  first,  second  and  third 
class  in  this  state,  for  the  handling,  sale  and  exchange  of  the 
school  books  provided  for  in  this  act.  Such  dealer  or  agent 
shall  be  allowed  to  charge  the  people  of  this  state  a  commission 
not  exceeding  fifteen  percent  on  the  contract  price  established 
in  this  act  for  the  handling  and  sale  of  such  books :  Provided, 
that  any  person,  company  or  corporation  having  a  contract 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  required  to  furnish 
books  to  any  citizen  or  school  district  in  Kansas  at  the  same 
price  and  on  the  same  terms  as  provided  for  the  furnishing  of 
such  books  to  dealers  or  agents  in  cash  orders  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  each,  and  deliver  the  same  at  any  railroad  station 
in  Kansas  mentioned  in  such  order. 

SEC.  2.  Original  section  9383;  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  re- 
pealed. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  271. 
RELATING  TO  THE  SESSIONS  OF  PUBLIC  NIGHT  SCHOOLS. 

House  bill  No.   528. 

RELATING  TO   NIGHT   SCHOOLS. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  sessions  of  public  night  schools,  when  and  where 
held,  the  term  thereof,  amending  section  9396  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  Kansas  for  1915  and  repealing  original  section  9396  of  the  General 
Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  9396  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
the  state  of  Kansas  for  1915  be  amended  to  read  as  follows : 
Sec.  9396.  The  sessions  of  said  public  night  school  shall  be 
held  at  night  on  not  less  than  three  nights  each  week  during 
the  continuance  of  such  schools  in  one  or  more  of  the  regular 
class  rooms  in  one  or  more  of  the  public  school  buildings  of 
said  district  or  city,  and  the  term  or  terms  of  said  public  night 
school  shall  continue  only  during  the  term  or  terms  of  the  reg- 
ular public  school  in  such  district  or  city,  said  term  to  com- 
mence at  the  discretion  of  the  board  of  education  and  shall  con- 
tinue for  not  less  than  five  months,  except  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion one  of  this  act. 

SEC.  2.  That  original  section  9396  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  Kansas  for  1915  be  and  it  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  11,  1919. 


CHAPTER  272. 
TO   PROMOTE   THE   ATTENDANCE   OF   PUPILS   IN   SCHOOLS. 

House  bill  No.   80. 

AN  ACT  to  promote  the  attendance  of  pupils  in  schools  and  to  amend 
section  9415  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for  1915,  and  repeal- 
ing said  original  section. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  9415  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
Kansas  for  1915  be  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  9415. 
That  every  parent,  guardian  or  other  person  in  the  state  of 
Kansas  having  control  or  charge  of  any  child  or  children  hav- 
ing reached  the  age  of  eight  years  and  under  sixteen  years, 
shall  be  required  to  send  such  child  or  children  to  a  public  school, 
or  a  private,  denominational  or  parochial  school,  in  which  all 


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instruction  shall  be  given  in  the  English  language  only,  each 
school  year,  for  such  period  as  said  school  is  in  session: 
Provided,  that  any  child  of  the  age  of  fourteen  years  or  more 
who  is  able  to  read  and  write  the  English  language,  and  who 
is  actively  and  regularly  employed  for  his  own  support  or  for 
the  support  of  those  dependent  upon  him,  shall  not  be  required 
to  attend  the  aforesaid  schools  for  a  longer  period  or  term 
than  eight  consecutive  weeks  in  any  one  year :  Provided,  that 
any  and  all  children  that  have  received  a  certificate  of  gradua- 
tion from  the  common  schools  of  any  county  or  certificate  of 
admission  to  a  high  school  in  any  city  of  the  state  of  Kansas 
shall  be  exempt  from  the  provisions  of  this  act :  Provided,  that 
the  children  who  are  physically  or  mentally  incapacitated  for 
the  work  of  common  schools  are  exempt  from  the  provisions 
of  this  act ;  but  the  school  authorities  shall  have  the  right,  and 
they  are  hereby  authorized,  when  such  exemption  under  the 
provision  of  this  act  is  claimed  by  any  parent,  guardian,  or 
other  person  in  the  control  or  charge  of  such  child  or  children, 
to  cause  an  examination  of  such  child  or  children  by  a  physi- 
cian or  physicians  employed  for  such  purpose  by  such  authori- 
ties, and  if  such  physician  or  physicians  hold  that  such  child  or 
children  are  capable  of  doing  the  work  in  the  common  schools, 
than  [then]  such  child  or  children  shall  not  be  exempt  from  the 
provisions  of  this  act. 

SEC.  2.  That  section  9415  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kan- 
sas for  1915  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  11,  1919. 


CHAPTER  273. 

RELATING  TO  THE   DISTRIBUTION   OF   STATE   AND   COUNTY 
AID  TO  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS. 

House  bill  No.   420. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  distribution  of  state  and  county  aid  to  school 
districts  amending  section  9431  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas 
for  1915,  and  repealing  original  section  9431. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  9431  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
Kansas  for  1915  be  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  9431. 
That  to  determine  the  amount  to  be  apportioned  to  each  dis- 
trict the  county  superintendents  shall  find  the  estimated  ex- 
penditures of  the  district  for  the  current  year  and  subtract 
therefrom  the  estimated  income  of  that  district  from  all 
sources  for  the  current  year.  The  estimated  income  for  the 


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current  year  shall  be  the  sum  of  all  moneys  belonging  to  the 
district  on  hand  in  the  district  and  county  treasuries,  plus  the 
amount  which  a  levy  of  a  four  and  one-half  mills  tax  upon  the 
assessed  value  of  the  district  will  raise,  plus  the  estimated  ap- 
portionment of  state  and  county  funds,  as  now  provided  by 
law.  The  estimated  expenditures  for  the  current  year  shall  be 
the  amount  necessary  to  provide  for  a  teacher,  fuel  and  inci- 
dentals, and  to  maintain  school  for  seven  months;  and  shall 
not  exceed  the  sum  of  six  hundred  dollars  for  any  one  year  to 
schools  receiving  such  state  and  county  aid. 

SEC.  2.  That  original  section  9431  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  Kansas  for  1915  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  29,  1919. 


CHAPTER  274. 

CONCERNING  THE  PURCHASE,  DISPLAY,  CUSTODY  AND  CARE 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  FLAG  FOR  THE  SCHOOLS  OF 

KANSAS. 

House  bill  No.   198. 

AN  ACT  concerning  the  purchase,  display,  custody  and  care  of  the  United 
States  flag  for  the  schools  of  Kansas;  providing  for  rules  and  regula- 
tions for  custody,  care  and  display  of  such  flag;  making  violations  of 
this  act  a  misdemeanor,  and  prescribing  penalties  therefor;  and  re- 
pealing sections  9445  and  9446  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  for 
1915. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  school  directors 
or  boards  of  education  of  every  public  or  proprietor  of  a  private 
or  parochial  school  in  the  several  cities,  counties,  districts  and 
school  districts  of  this  state  to  purchase  a  suitable  United 
States  flag,  flagstaff  and  the  necessary  appliances  therefor,  and 
to  display  such  flag  upon  or  near  the  public,  private  or  pa- 
rochial school  building  or  grounds  belonging  thereto  in  which 
school  is  held  during  school  hours,  and  at  such  other  times  as 
such  school  directors,  boards  of  education  or  proprietors  may 
direct. 

SEC.  2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  school  directors, 
or  boards  of  education  of  every  public  or  proprietor  of  a  private 
or  parochial  school  in  the  several  cities,  counties,  districts  and 
school  districts  of  this  state  to  purchase  a  suitable  United 
States  flag  for  each  and  every  room  of  their  respective  school 
building  or  buildings  and  to  keep  such  United  States  flag  or 


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flags  in  display  in  each  such  school  room  or  rooms  during  the 
school  hours  and  at  such  other  times  as  such  school  directors 
or  boards  of  education  may  direct. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  said  school  directors  or  boards  of  educa- 
tion or  proprietor  of  a  private  or  parochial  school  shall  estab- 
lish rules  and  regulations  for  the  proper  custody,  care  and  dis- 
play of  the  said  United  States  flag,  and,  when  the  weather  will 
not  permit  it  to  be  otherwise  displayed,  it  shall  be  placed  con- 
spicuously in  the  principal  room  in  the  schoolhouse. 

SEC.  4.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  in  each  county  of  the  state  of 
Kansas  to  notify  the  principal  or  proprietor  of  such  public, 
private  or  parochial  school,  having  charge  of  such  school  build- 
ings and  grounds,  to  observe  the  provisions  of  section  1  of  this 
act,  and  if  after  such  notification  the  said  principal  or  pro- 
prietor of  such  public,  private  or  parochial  school  shall  fail  to 
comply  therewith  for  a  period  of  thirty  days,  such  principal  or 
proprietor  of  such  public,  private  or  parochial  school  shall  be 
judged  guilty  of  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  $1  nor  more  than  $5  for 
each  thirty  days  thereafter  that  he  shall  continue  to  neglect  to 
obey  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

SEC.  5.  That  sections  9445  and  9446  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  Kansas  for  1915  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  6.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  13,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  19,  1919. 


CHAPTER  275. 

BOARD  OF  SCHOOL  FUND  COMMISSIONERS  AUTHORIZED  TO 
MAKE  AN  ORDER  ENABLING  ANY  CITY  OR  SCHOOL  DIS- 
TRICT TO  VOTE  BONDS  FOR  THE  ERECTION  OF  SCHOOL 
BUILDINGS. 

House  bill  No.   648. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  the  voting  of  bonds  for  the  erection  of  school  build- 
ings, and  amending  section  10890  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas 
for  1915,  and  repealing  said  original  section. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  10890  of  the  General  Statutes  of 
Kansas  for  1915  is  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  10890. 
That  the  board  of  school-fund  commissioners  of  the  state  of 
Kansas  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  make  an  order 
authorizing  any  city  or  school  district  to  vote  bonds  for  the 
purpose  of  erecting  school  buildings  to  an  amount  of  not  more 
than  one  hundred  per  cent  in  excess  of,  and  in  addition  to,  the 
amount  of  bonds  that  may  be  voted  under  laws  now  in  force. 


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SEC.  2.  That  section  10890  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kan- 
sas for  1915  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  11,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  17,  1919. 


CHAPTER  276. 

HIGH    SCHOOLS    IN   CERTAIN    COUNTIES    HAVING   COUNTY 
HIGH  SCHOOLS. 

Senate  bill  No.   312. 

AN  ACT  relating  to  high  schools  in  certain  counties  having  county  high 
schools  and  providing  for  their  support. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  in  every  county  in  this  state  having  a  county 
high  school  located  in  the  county  seat  and  said  county  seat  be- 
ing a  city  of  the  second  class,  and  in  which  said  county  there 
are,  including  joint  districts,  at  least  seven  other  high  schools 
maintaining  a  university  preparatory  high  school  course  ap- 
proved by  the  State  Board  of  Education,  a  general  county  tax 
for  the  aid  of  all  such  high  schools  shall  be  levied  each  year  in 
such  county  and  apportioned  and  distributed  as  provided  for 
by  this  act. 

SEC.  2.  All  funds  raised  by  any  future  levy  in  each  such 
county  for  the  support  of  county  high  school  shall  be  appor- 
tioned among  all  school  districts  maintaining  high  schools  re- 
ferred to  in  section  1  of  this  act  for  the  support  of  such  high 
schools. 

SEC.  3.  The  county  high  school  trustees  shall  each  year  on 
or  before  the  last  Thursday  in  July  make  an  estimate  of  the 
amount  which  in  their  judgment  should  be  raised  for  the  pur- 
poses described  in  this  act,  and  report  said  amount  to  the 
county  clerk,  who  shall  thereupon  make  a  levy  sufficient  to 
raise  the  same  upon  all  of  the  taxable  property  within  such 
county:  Provided,  that  such  levy  shall  not  exceed  the  rate  of 
five-tenths  of  a  mill  upon  the  dollar  for  valuation. 

SEC.  4.  The  county  high  school  trustees  shall  cause  all  funds 
to  be  raised  from  such  levies,  except  the  amount  necessary  to 
pay  their  salaries  and  expenses,  to  be  distributed  among  all  of 
the  school  districts  maintaining  such  high  schools  referred  to 
in  section  1  of  this  act,  for  the  support  of  such  high  schools 
only,  and  to  the  county  high  school  fund  of  the  city  in  which 
the  county  high  school  is  located,  in  proportion  to  the  average 
daily  attendance  of  pupils  actually  resident  in  said  county  tak- 
ing regular  courses  above  the  eighth  grade  in  such  high  schools 


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during  the  year  previous  to  such  apportionment.  For  the  pur- 
pose of  such  distribution  the  attendance  of  a  pupil  for  one  day 
in  such  high  school,  of  the  highest  class  as  fixed  by  the  rules  of 
the  State  Board  of  Education,  shall  be  100  percent  of  a  day, 
and  of  the  next  lower  class  90  percent,  and  in  the  second  lower 
class  80  percent,  and  in  the  third  or  any  other  lower  class  70 
percent  of  a  day.  The  fact  that  any  school  district  or  city,  or 
the  city  in  which  the  county  high  school  is  located,  may  divide 
its  high  school  into  senior  and  junior  or  other  like  divisions 
shall  not,  of  itself,  affect  the  proportion  of  funds  that  such  dis- 
trict or  city  shall  receive  under  this  act. 

SEC.  5.  Should  any  district  fail  to  keep  its  high  school  stand- 
ard up  to  the  standard  referred  to  in  this  act,  such  district  shall 
cease  to  participate  in  the  distribution  of  said  funds  for  any 
year  in  which  such  failure  exists. 

SEC.  6.  Any  school  district  in  such  county,  and  joint  dis- 
tricts, that  shall  in  the  future  provide  and  maintain  a  high 
school  of  the  standard  referred  to  in  this  act  shall  be  entitled 
to  participate  in  the  distribution  of  the  funds  raised  from  the 
levy  provided  in  this  act  beginning  with  the  year  next  follow- 
ing that  in  which  the  standard  of  such  school  is  so  established. 

SEC.  7.  The  board  of  education  of  the  city  in  which  is  located 
the  county  high  school  shall  appropriate  to  the  support  of  such 
county  high  school  an  amount  equal  to  or  greater  than  the  pro- 
portion of  county  high  school  funds  apportioned  to  the  support 
of  such  county  high  school  under  the  levy  referred  to  in  section 
3  of  this  act,  and  board  of  education  is  hereby  authorized  to 
make  any  levy  necessary  for  that  purpose. 

SEC.  8.  All  districts  participating  in  the  apportionment  of 
county  high  school  funds  as  provided  in  this  act,  shall  offer 
and  furnish  free  high  school  education  to  all  persons  of  school 
age  residing  in  such  county. 

SEC.  9.  The  board  of  education  of  the  city  in  which  is  located 
the  county  high  school  shall  have  the  management  of  such 
county  high  school. 

SEC.  10.  The  county  high  school  trustees  shall  have  full 
supervisory  powers  over  all  of  the  high  schools  of  such  county 
to  the  extent  of  requiring  that  all  funds  appropriated  to  such 
high  schools  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  are  properly  used 
for  the  purposes  set  forth  in  this  act. 

SEC.  11.  For  the  purpose  of  this  act,  in  making  levy  and 
collection  of  taxes  and  distribution  of  funds,  all  high  schools 
participating  therein  shall  be  considered  portions  of  the  county 
high  school,  but  nothing  in  this  section  shall  affect  the  distribu- 
tion of  funds  or  control  of  schools  as  provided  in  this  act. 

SEC.  12.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  July  1st,  1920,  and  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  3,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  277. 

FOR  THE  RELIEF  OF  CERTAIN  PURCHASERS  OF  SCHOOL 

LANDS. 

Senate  bill  No.   146. 

AN  ACT  for  the  relief  of  certain  purchasers  of  school  lands. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  in  all  cases  of  sales  of  school  land  hereto- 
fore made,  where  the  purchasers  thereof  have  made  partial 
payment  or  payments  thereon  and  have  by  law  forfeited  their 
rights  to  such  lands  and  the  money  paid  thereon;  and  where 
the  said  purchaser  or  purchasers  have  not  been  ejected,  and  are 
and  have  been  in  continuous  possession  thereof,  and  no  pur- 
chase has  been  made  of  such  lands  by  any  person  subsequent  to 
the  date  when  the  forfeiture  of  such  sales  become  effective; 
that  said  persons,  having  made  such  partial  payment  or  pay- 
ments, their  heirs  and  assigns  may,  within  one  year  from  the 
passage  of  this  act,  renew  their  right  to  retain  the  land  so  for- 
feited, by  paying  the  amount  due  on  said  lands  in  the  manner 
provided  by  existing  law. 

SEC.  2.  This  act  shall  not  apply  to  any  certificate  of  pur- 
chase that  has  been  forfeited  by  any  proceeding  other  than  the 
forfeiture  by  operation  of  law  for  nonpayment  as  provided  by 
section  9198  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  April  7,  1919. 


CHAPTER  278. 

AUDITOR  OF  STATE   ISSUE  PATENTS  TO  SCHOOL  LANDS  IN 

CERTAIN  CASES. 

Senate  bill  No.   133. 

AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  auditor  of  state  to  make  investigation  and  to 
issue  patents  to  school  land  purchasers  in  certain  cases  and  to  validate 
such  patents. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  Section  9204  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  9204.  That  in  all 
cases  where  school  lands  have  been  or  may  hereafter  be  sold 
and  certificates  issued  therefor  upon  application  for  patent 
being  made,  it  shall  appear  that  the  improvements  have  been 
appraised  and  such  land  was  sold  without  including  the  im- 


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provements,  or  if  it  shall  appear  that  there  was  a  defect  in 
the  advertisement  for  the  sale  of  such  land  by  reason  of  not 
being  published  as  long  as  the  statute  requires,  or  that  where 
any  tract  of  school  land  has  been  sold  since  May  22,  1915,  but 
in  compliance  with  the  laws  in  force  prior  to  May  22,  1915, 
and  the  purchaser  has  been  issued  a  certificate  of  purchase 
therefor,  and  has  paid  into  the  county  treasury  the  full  amount 
of  the  purchase  price  thereof  with  interest,  or  other  errors 
that  were  not  material,  or  if  said  lands  were  under  lease  at  the 
time  of  the  advertisement  or  sale,  or  if  they  were  sold  subject 
to  a  lease  when  such  lease  had  expired,  the  state  auditor  shall 
in  all  cases  make  careful  investigation,  and  if  he  finds  that 
such  defect  or  defects  do  not  operate  to  the  detriment  of  the 
state  or  to  the  exclusion,  of  bona  fide  purchasers,  and  that  the 
purchasers  in  such  cases  were  bona  fide  and  innocent  of  fraud 
or  collusion,  the  state  auditor  shall  in  such  cases  cause  patents 
to  issue  for  such  lands,  as  provided  by  law. 

SEC.  2.  Section  9204  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1915  be  and 
the  same  is  hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  statute  book. 

Approved  March  5,  1919. 


CHAPTER  302. 

LISTING  PROPERTY  IN  BEHALF  OF  OTHERS;  PLACE  OF 
ASSESSMENT  OF  LIVESTOCK  AND  FARMING  IMPLEMENTS; 
THE  PROPERTY  OF  BANKS,  BANKERS,  BROKERS,  INSUR- 
ANCE AND  OTHER  COMPANIES. 

Senate  bill  No.   258. 

AN  ACT  amending  section  11158  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  1915 
relating  to  the  listing  and  assessment  of  property  for  taxation  and  re- 
pealing said  section  11158  of  the  General  Statutes  of  Kansas  1915. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  section  11158  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  Kansas  of  1915  be  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Sec.  11158. 
Every  person  required  to  list  property  in  behalf  of  others  shall 
list  such  property  in  the  same  township,  school  district  or  city 
in  which  said  property  is  located ;  but  he  shall  list  such  prop- 
erty separate  and  apart  from  his  own,  specifying  the  name  of 
the  person,  estate,  company  or  corporation  to  which  the  same 
may  belong.  All  toll  bridges  shall  be  listed  in  the  township  or 
ward  where  the  same  are  located ;  and  if  located  in  two  wards 
or  townships,  then  one-half  in  each  of  such  wards  or  town- 
ships. And  all  personal  property  shall  be  listed  and  taxed  each 
year  in  the  township,  school  district  or  city  in  which  the  prop- 


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erty  was  located  on  the  first  day  of  March,  but  all  moneys  and 
credits  not  pertaining  to  a  business  located  shall  be  listed  in 
the  township  or  city  in  which  the  owner  resided  on  the  first 
day  of  March.  The  property  of  banks,  bankers,  brokers,  mer- 
chants, and  of  insurance  or  other  companies  (except  of  mutual 
fire  insurance  companies)  shall  be  listed  and  taxed  in  the 
county,  township,  city,  and  school  district  where  their  business 
is  usually  done,  and  manufactories  and  mines  in  the  county, 
township,  city  and  school  district  where  the  manufactory  or 
mine  is  located.  Animals  and  farming  implements  shall  be 
listed  and  taxed  where  usually  kept;  but,  when  animals  and 
farming  implements  shall  have  been  removed  from  the  place 
where  formerly  kept  to  another  taxing  district  and  shall  have 
been  kept  therein  for  sixty  days  prior  to  the  first  day  of  March, 
they  shall  be  held  to  have  acquired  a  tax  situs  in  such  taxing 
district.  In  case  animals  and  farming  implements  are  tempo- 
rarily outside  the  limits  of  the  state,  then  said  animals  and  im- 
plements shall  be  listed  and  taxed  in  the  county,  township  and 
school  district  where  the  owner  resided  on  the  first  day  of 
March.  All  animals  and  farming  implements  that  do  not  have 
their  tax  situs  in  accordance  with  the  preceding  provisions  of 
this  section  or  as  provided  in  other  statutes  shall  be  assessed 
and  taxed  in  the  taxing  district  wherein  the  owner  has  his  dom- 
icile. The  assessment  of  animals  which  under  any  provision  of 
law  have  their  tax  situs  in  a  pasture  whose  area  embraces  sev- 
eral taxing  districts  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  taxing 
districts  in  proportion  to  the  acreages  of  land  in  the  said  sev- 
eral taxing  districts.  Personal  property  in  transit  shall  be 
listed  in  the  taxing  district  where  the  owner  resides :  Provided, 
however,  that  if  such  property  is  intended  for  a  particular 
business,  it  shall  be  listed  at  the  place  where  the  business  is  to 
be  transacted. 

SEC.  2.  That  original  section  11158  of  the  General  Statutes 
of  Kansas  1915  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  repealed.  ' 

SEC.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  11,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  15,  1919. 


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50  Laws  Relating  to  Education. 


CHAPTER  308. 

LIMIT  OF  LEVY  BY  BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION  IN  CITIES  OF 
THE  FIRST  CLASS. 

House  bill  No.   57. 

AN  ACT  concerning  assessment  and  taxation,  relating  to  the  levy  of  taxes 
for  the  support  of  schools  in  cities  of  the  first  class,  amending  chapter 
324  of  the  Laws  of  1917,  and  repealing  said  original  chapter  324. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  chapter  324  of  the  Laws  of  Kansas  of  1917 
is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  Section  1.  That 
the  authority  of  boards  of  education  in  cities  of  the  first  class 
to  levy  taxes  as  provided  in  chapter  330,  Laws  of  1907,  is 
hereby  limited  so  that  the  board  of  education  of  any  such  city 
shall  not  fix  a  rate  of  levy  for  the  respective  purposes  in  excess 
of  the  following  named  rates :  For  the  support  of  the  schools  of 
the  city  the  rate  of  levy  shall  not  exceed  8  mills ;  for  the  pur- 
chase of  sites  and  for  the  construction  and  repairing  of  school 
buildings  the  rate  of  levy  shall  not  exceed  2  mills:  Provided, 
however,  that  in  cities  of  the  first  class  having  an  assessed  valu- 
ation of  more  than  $90,000,000  and  a  population  of  more  than 
85,000  the  board  of  education  shall  not  fix  a  rate  of  levy  for  the 
support  of  schools  of  such  cities  to  exceed  the  sum  of  71/i  mills ; 
and  for  the  purchase  of  sites  and  for  the  construction  and  re- 
pair of  school  buildings  a  rate  of  levy  not  to  exceed  114  mills. 

SEC.  2.  That  chapter  324  of  the  Laws  of  Kansas  of  1917  is 
hereby  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  February  27,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  February  28,  1919. 


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CHAPTER  310. 

PROVIDING  FOR  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  WARRANTS  AND  AN  IN- 
CREASE  IN  TAX  LEVIES   FOR   EMERGENCY  CASES. 

House  bill  No.   416. 

AN  ACT  concerning  assessment  and  taxation  and  to  provide  for  the 
issuance  of  warrants  and  an  increase  in  tax  levies  for  emergency 
cases. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  That  whenever  it  shall  be  apparent  to  a  ma- 
jority of  the  members  of  any  board  authorized  to  levy  taxes  in 
any  taxing  district  or  of  any  officer  solely  charged  with  that 
duty  therein  that  the  rates  of  levy  in  the  particular  taxing  dis- 
trict under  consideration  are  so  limited  as  to  be  insufficient  for 
the  raising  of  funds  necessary  to  supply  the  needs  of  said 
taxing  district  for  general  maintenance  expenses  for  the  cur- 
rent tax  year,  such  officers  or  officer  shall  have  the  authority 
to  issue  warrants  to  meet  such  general  maintenance  expenses 
for  the  current  tax  year  to  the  amount  of  money  not  exceeding 
twenty-five  percent  of  the  amount  of  money  which  can  be 
raised  in  such  taxing  district  by  using  the  rates  limited  by  law : 
Provided,  that  no  such  authority  to  issue  warrants  shall  be 
exercised  until  an  application  for  such  exercise  shall  be  made 
to  the  Tax  Commission,  which  body,  if  the  evidence  submitted 
in  support  of  the  application  shall  show  an  emergency  need  for 
the  issue  of  warrants  for  the  said  additional  amount  hereby 
authorized  or  any  part  thereof,  is  hereby  empowered  to  order 
the  issuance  of  such  warrants  as  may  be  shown  to  be  neces- 
sary :  And  provided  further,  that  at  no  time  shall  the  issuance 
of  such  warrants  authorized  by  the  Tax  Commission  in  any 
such  taxing  district  exceed  in  amount  twenty-five  percent  of 
the  amount  of  money  that  can  be  raised  by  taxation  in  any  such 
district  for  the  current  tax  year  under  the  existing  rates. 

SEC.  2.  That  whenever  any  board  or  officer  shall  issue  war- 
rants under  the  authority  prescribed  in  section  1  of  this  act, 
the  said  board  or  officer  is  authorized  and  empowered  to  fix 
rates  of  levy  in  such  district  which  will  raise  an  amount  of 
money  sufficient  to  pay  and  discharge  such  warrants.  Such 
rate  of  levy  shall  be  in  addition  to  the  rate  authorized  by  law 
at  the  time  of  making  such  levy :  Provided,  that  the  amount  of 
such  warrants  shall  not  exceed  by  more  than  twenty-five  per- 
cent the  amount  of  money  that  could  be  raised  by  taxation  in 
any  such  district  for  the  year  in  which  the  indebtedness  rep- 
resented by  the  warrants  was  incurred. 

SEC.  3.  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from 
and  after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  March  29,  1919. 


52         ,    ,  Laws  Relating  to  Education. 


CHAPTER  311. 

CONCERNING  ASSESSMENT  AND  TAXATION,  AND  TO  PRO- 
VIDE FOR  AN  INCREASE  IN  TAX  LEVIES  FOR  EMERGENCY 
CASES. 

House  bill  No.   366. 

AN  ACT  concerning  assessment  and  taxation  and  to  provide  for  an  in- 
crease in  tax  levies  for  emergency  cases. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Kansas: 

SECTION  1.  Whenever  it  shall  be  the  opinion  of  the  majority 
of  the  members  of  any  board  authorized  to  levy  taxes  in  any 
taxing  district  or  of  any  officer  solely  charged  with  that  duty 
therein  that  the  rates  of  levy  in  the  particular  taxing  district 
under  consideration  are  so  limited  as  to  be  insufficient  for  the 
raising  of  the  funds  necessary  to  supply  the  needs  of  said  tax- 
ing district  for  general  or  maintenance  expenses  for  the  current 
tax  year  such  levying  officers  or  officer  shall  have  authority  to 
fix  rates  of  levy  in  such  district  which  will  raise  an  amount  of 
money  for  such  taxing  district  exceeding  by  twenty-five  percent 
the  amount  of  money  which  can  be  raised  in  such  taxing  dis- 
trict for  the  current  tax  year  by  using  the  rates  limited  by  law : 
Provided,  that  no  such  authority  shall  be  exercised  until  an 
application  for  its  exercise  shall  be  made  to  the  Tax  Commis- 
sion, which  body,  if  the  evidence  submitted  in  support  of  the 
application  shall  show  an  emergency  need  for  the  said  addi- 
tional amount  hereby  authorized  or  any  part  thereof,  is  hereby 
empowered  to  order  such  increase  as  may  have  been  shown  to 
be  necessary :  And  provided  further,  that  at  no  time  shall  any 
increase  authorized  by  the  Tax  Commission  in  any  such  taxing 
district  exceed  by  more  than  twenty-five  percent  the  amount  of 
money  that  can  be  raised  by  taxation  in  any  such  district  for 
the  current  tax  year. 

SEC.  2.    Chapter  78,  Laws  of  1908,  is  hereby  repealed. 
SEC.  3.    This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  publication  in  the  official  state  paper. 

Approved  March  22,  1919. 

Published  in  official  state  paper  April  4,  1919. 


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